In the quest for delicious survival
let us not forget the vein:
blue under its gauzes of flesh,
it pumps and pulses and gushes red
sweetly into the mouth. Sweet fruity
and salty with just the right metal
vinegar, how it gushes, as if willingly!
As if the bruised flesh underneath
did not really mind the abuse.Abstinence is absurd. From whence does meat come
save the bleating lamb, the sad-eyed stupid
lowing cow? Vegetables die, screaming
as they are ripped from the earth,
the wheat losing its generations
along with life to fill the bowels
of some large and powerless being.
Hunger is the great leveler,
it cuts away all pretense to greatness
of soul. Even the virtuous and good hunger,
and pay court to the banner of rose
and scythe. No arts or works could grow else
so let us thank death.Even the windfallen fruits and nuts
are dropped egg and sperm: life that almost was,
that was not.Eat the tender flesh, enjoy the orgy
love-feasting on this offering of artery. You cannot live
without this suffering. You cannot live
without the joy of death.
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Excavations
PoetryThese my offerings, tiny and fragile, they must take root in stubborn soil. Fertilize them. Give them shape. Twisted they may grow, but their trunks must be strong. They must reach through the night. They must be of their ground... Some of these poe...