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Butcher (Free verse) by Christof
No: you were dead
And that was an end.
Gloved like a surgeon
I can fillet a pig
In minutes, the bristles
Of hair giving grip
And the fat giving way
To the knife's low wit.
That is death
And that is the end.
When shoppers come in
I smile and incline
My head to one side
And show them the shine
On a side of lamb
And the rub of the rind.
That is food
And that is death's end.
And so you were dead
And finished and done.
I smile with my head
On one side and the sun
Splashes a loin
And again you are gone.
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