Figure With Meat
“one has to remember as a painter
that there is great beauty in the color of meat.” — Francis Bacon
these heavy wings
of hand carved carcass
flutter with the ghost throes
of rusty meathook panic
pulling me out of my chair
with all the audacity
of a drunken butcher
lifting me high
as a crucifixion post
and my dinner fork
clatters on the table
Posted by Michael Arnzen | September 25th, 2005
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