O’ Flesh
How sweet you are
You fill me with bliss
With your savory undertones
When you are cured
I feel secured
When smoked
I become stoked
When roasted
I would eat you if you were composted
When boiled
I become soiled
O’ Flesh
How nice is your texture
Your silky feel
As you slide down my throat
Your juices
As they run down my face
Your scent
How I love it
It makes me want more
But I can’t go to the store
They don’t carry this produce
I don’t want the juice
Or the goose
I don’t want the beans
Or any of their greens
O’ Flesh
You are what I truly desire
So I look under the dryer
And I grab my cleaver
And walk out to retrieve her
O’ Flesh
How hard I do work
To taste your
Sweet
Savory
Salty
Tangy
Sour
Spicy
Flavor
I endure the screams
And the shouts
I endure the kicks
And the knocks to my head
I endure it all for your velvety feel
And I strike the blow
To put her to rest
O’ Flesh
How I love to chop you up
You fall off the bone
O’ Flesh
How I love to heat you
Yes, the way you simmer
And after, of course
I Eat You
But when I have finished
What is that that I hear
The whine of sirens
And the shouts of men
So I walk out the door
Make my way down the street
There is no time
To eat
More meat
I run down the block
Then I slow to a walk
I know I can’t win
So I stop
And I wait
They know what I’ve done
So they take me away
And put me in prison
And, unsurprisingly
I’ve been condemned to death
So they take me to room
With white walls
A White floor
White ceiling
White table
White chair
They ask me
“What would you like to eat”
And answer them
And I say
“Flesh”
Yes
That is what I truly desire
How hard I have worked
To taste your
Sweet
Savory
Flavor
Your juices
Your silky texture
That’s what I want
O’ Flesh
But they deny
My request
And ask what else
But the rest
I do detest
Because I want only the best
O’
The flesh
So I’m led to the bed
At the back of the room
That I didn’t notice before
They lay me down
Roll up the sleeve of my gown
And plunge the syringe into my skin
But
O’ Flesh
I need one last taste
So I bite off my tongue
And chew it up
And swallow
As they look at me with horror
I feel a peace
Most likely a cause of the meat
And I feel a satisfaction
O’ Flesh
Of my body
While they say
“Oh god he-”
Then I finally come to rest
O’ Flesh