Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Man Eating His Own Chest by Neil Ellman

Man Eating His Own Chest


(after the painting by Dana Schutz)


How delicious his own flesh

how much better than the meat of sheep

cows and venison

how much more succulent,, tender,

more digestible than the fattened liver

of a goose

more savory than an ox’s tail

how much more nutritious for

his brain and soul

how better to be so self-absorbed

with a beating heart


his own.

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