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ISSUE 02

1. Home
   
2. Maisie Broadhead
   
3. Avina Tarom
4. Matte Dixon
   
5. Maria Blackman
   
6. Benjamin Shaw
   
7. Maria Hill
   
8. Jessica Fairburn
   
9. Melinda Mo
10. Izma Haider
    
11. Haytham Trueheart
12. Jack Farrugia
    
13. Tim Loveday
    
14. Charlotte Newman
    
15. Kubra Iqbal
    
16. Jason Bell
    
17. Cas Hugo
    
18. Sasha Hart
    
19. Ned Forrest
    
20. Scarlett Garland
    
21. Phoebe Fleming
    
22. Ashlee Palmer
    
23. Victoria Lawson
    
24. Aynie Lane
    
25. Magnolia Yang
    
26. Julia Twomey
    
27. Annabella Tartaria
    
28. E.M Bancroft
    
29. Asli Idil Kaynar
    
30. Anna Merlo
    
31. J.R Haro
    
32. Mitchell Bombolas
    
33. Zoe Mott
    
34. Leah Mustard
    
35. Heather Wadeson
36. Finn Newsway
    
37. Alex Maclaren
    
38. Sharyn Sale
    
39. Sarah Birch
40. Sofia Clarke 
    
41. Em Tobin
    
42. Zara Martins 
    
43. Alex Cooper-Williams
    
44. Brittany Bentley
    
45. Kristen Flynn
    
46. Kaine Green
    
47. Phoebe Hancox
    
48. MUNTZ.ED
    
49. Ciarán 
    
50. Mark Rowden
    
51. Rose Miho
    
52. Kiêu Anh Nguyên
    
53. Bert Spinks
    
54. Lauren Evans
    
55. Sebastian Callum
    
56. Anna Coppens
    
57. Lorrie Anderson
    
58. Catherine Maticka
    
59. Sophia Crossing
    
60. Britt Vonhoff
    
61. Luka Smook
    
62. Amy Davidson
    
63. Jamie Riddell
    
64. Rhys L’Hermite
    
65. Rebecca Jacobson
    
66. Emily Sherwell
    
67. Andrew Potter
    

Jessica Fairburn

Index

My Mother
Serves 4-6

These potato-topped pies can be made
from scratch using her raw mince.
My Father teaches me how to,
gut and fillet using the remains of a large joint. Never...a pearl but sea salt, / grated cheese, egg yolks, herbs, cream and spring onions

are just some of the ingredients which can be added. Take care—blood coats the sand and dirt and grit sticking to my skin. To dress it up use a pinch of grated
nutmeg, pinch of chopped fresh
rosemary and sherry vinegar.
Lightly brown...in olive oil until you have it
dappled bright like black drum. Once
combined, my Father smokes mackerel and ground mullet using leftover minced meat, while I watch
the fight / and spoon / my mother / into
an ovenproof dish / encrusted with red coral.
With my fingers hooked in the gills / I score
/ the thrashing Mother / with the tines of a fork.

My mother once told me that man was not meant to bake cottage pie with lamb.
I know that we unmake     her
The same way God made     her.






























My Mother
By Jessica Fairburn I am an aspiring poet and literature enthusiast living in Meanjin. I enjoy experimenting with form and content in my writing. This particular piece reworks Shastra Deo’s ‘Mississippi Sound’ through the frame of a Shepherd’s Pie recipe.

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