blackmail press 40
Vaughan Rapatahana
first published issue 35



The fecund people - Andy Leleisi'uao 2014
index
americano



in his mephistophelean slink

toward some visceral glimmer

of ‘democracy’

in this ‘failed state’,


americano

pauses to pat

his shades

I n t o   p l a c e.



he redeems his

brusque suit collars

with a residual slap

&

imperceptibly

twists

the silver fob watch

his granny gave him

before  he  l e f t  to serve.



his precise shave chin

struts just a little more

as he grimaces his smile

against this humid hecatomb.



diplomatically,



he thews

d

  e

      e

         p

           e

              r

into  his  groin

a special issue

snubnose



&



-         vibrating like a clockwork bunny –



he waits

to redact

this next big

threat

to the flag.