“the Aegean flower with corpses”
—Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 659.
Soul monger, I’d have wagered
If you had any heart at all
For this business, you’d have sold
Your stake in it piecemeal
To the highest bidder instead
Of hoarding it whole-hog
For your blooming,
Bloody self--
From this vantage point
However, I must concede
You're doing a bang-up job
As both butcher and packer.
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