Meat
consciously diffident en route all-the-way
a score,
plump in all the right places
as planned
and primped. prepared: serves
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS,
cut fine. right off the line. clean job,
string of johns,
no questions answered,
no referents recalled.
and the species
separates,
preserves the practice,
removes from
right.
II: such nice things with which to barter – the meat of the matter
becomes consumption (too much night air?)
we embalm / and glaze / ourselves, lavish, / a dish / fit.
Originally Published: Means of Access, Fall 2002