Spinal Column Nuggets
This barn involves a giant slice of chicken,
the entire spinal column cracked
then swallowed.
Engorged throats stuffed full,
unable to fit anything else in.
Unable to shut.
A display of raw meat burns
then sizzles into
freak show apparitions.
They try to fly away,
but get sucked inside a giant portable fan.
Spit out feathers,
a pail of chicken piss,
and pieces of mechanically separated
chicken heads are all that remain.
Take a bite of each one
to figure out the order
of their demise.
Juliet Cook is brimming with black, grey, silver, purple, and dark red explosions. She is drawn to poetry, abstract visual art, and other forms of expression. Her poetry has appeared in a peculiar multitude of literary publications. You can find out more at www.JulietCook.weebly.com.
Darryl Shupe is new to poetry (even though he's middle aged) and enjoys collaborating with his partner. In his spare time he likes to work on cars because as he says, "how else does one come up with new swear words?"