Rotten Meat.
There’s no feeling like feeling like rotten meat,
That every part of your body is rotting away,
No matter how many times you fix it, it just keeps rotting,
But no one can see it.
My mind is rotten, covered in mold,
The mold covers my right eye,
Fogging my vision of things that could have been,
Leaves me with the buzzing of flies in my head.
My bed has become like a coffin,
A forever resting place,
To live with the decay that surrounds me,
I shroud myself in total musty darkness.
I dream of my right eye falling out,
It getting up and walking away from me,
It would be salvation from an existence of rot,
I would no longer be rotten meat.
My dad was a meat and potatoes man
Stuff like quiche, wine and cheese he couldn’t stand
Mom once served him Chinese
Dad said, “Mom, if you please
Dump that lo mein in a foreign trash can”
The sky is blood red
The common bird is the crow
Human flesh is lunch
"Have you ever seen a human heart?
It looks like a fist covered in blood!"
Thank you, Clive Owen,
I won't come closer
to your sense
of love or understanding
The vultures always wait
patiently
In 'The Jungle Book'
The Beatles sang
'That's What Friends Are For'
They were the vultures,
but birds of prey
never sing
I see dead birds when I run
and turkey vultures
are never far away
Where will my end be?
What feathered prey will come
for me, lustingly?
Who will carry my heart
when I don't need it
anymore?
Why Did You Let
That THING Out!
Trauma Of The
Life Force Of
The Life Form
Of The Light
Frame - Perceived
By FRee Will
By Choice...
Now Familiar...
What Can ONE
ELECTRON
DO That Wasn’t
Impossible
Already?
Have Mercy
Have Humor
Have Complicity
Enjoy... Spit It Out!
Relax.
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-Gray Squirrel
05-14-2026
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XX is Female
XY is male
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Health and Fertility
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Muscovy and American Buff hydryds
where talked about.
Sceince would use two turkeys
2 muscovy duck
and two american Buff
to create a new taste.
Lacking the fishyness of goose
the gameyness of wild turkeys, geese and ducks
they looked to solve the evolutionary problem of
making a bird
that is cheap afordable
and willing to reproduce quickly and cheaply
for a public that is willing to buy.
"These species are genetically and taxonomically completely incompatible. Because they belong to different taxonomic groups (turkeys belong to the Galliformes order, while Muscovy ducks belong to Anseriformes), they cannot produce viable offspring"
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Do not donate to this Cause!!!!
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"if we start tonight
out daughter or son
could be born on the night of the Superbowl!"
Valentines Day!
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Pro. and Mrs. Steymmey and Dillgeldob Whoretense P.H.D.
The invasion has begun.
In the distance,I hear the rattle of heavy artillery.
Silage trailers,as they thunder along pock-marked country roads.
Young conscripts,barely legal,battling with the controls of a modern day,
monster tractor.
Happy as the day is long,
they tick tok around the clock,
Posting updates and images of the work in progress
to their army of followers.
They'll be starving by lunch time.
Putins' long white table would seat a platoon of men,
In for the dinner,
On a break from gathering potatoes, building a stack of hay or toiling at a dusty thrasher.
But my mother would barely have a table cloth long enough
for Putins' table.
To cover the blood stains, from the flesh
dripping slowly from the the meat grinder.
"Purposeful, you
cordon, blue
delectable edible.
Tangible Edifying
Soul most gratifying
Field to the brim over again
Land mass. Filled with weeds and grass
Much is at. filimion Porterhouse steak
Trying to stop those sensational craving
They be given up, gave it up man
I don't eat no meat, I NOW BE VEGETARIAN"
3/31/26
written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2026
Social critic, Gershon Wolf
has been known to joke and spoof
But at a meeting of TV execs today, he was dead serious
And here’s what he told them – if you’re curious
Where is wholesome TV programming today
or something vaguely familiar anyway
We need family shows like ‘Andy of Mayberry’
where everyone teases and tortures ‘Poor Deputy Barney’
Or ‘Leave it to Beaver’ where Eddie Haskell steals every show
Kissing up to Ward and June, a sickeningly polite fellow
And how about ‘the Three Stooges,’ where real culture
is assaulted by three execrable humanoid vultures
Now, I hear one of you is bringing back ‘You Bet Your Life’
a show about a mean man’s negative outlook on life
Anyone game for Nazified fare like ‘Hogan’s Heroes’
or totally inept and stupid, ‘like Archie Bunker’s Zeroes’
Can't wait for the new 'Re-run Season'
Featuring Pee Wee Herman and Lassie! ~ 'tis bound to be pleasin'
meat and potatoes were my Daddy’s meals
mac and cheese are for other heels
he slathered ketchup on every piece of meat
liking a dessert, anything insanely sweet
pizza? no. tacos? absolutely not
and he did not like cake that was store-bought
Daddy was picky about what he’d eat
every meal needed meat and something sweet
Short & Sweet...
I Don’t Care Who
You Think You Are:
You're Not That Important.
SILENCE!
-Gray Squirrel
12-04-2025
It appears we 'soupers have' a nemisis
Mean..Old campbell is accused of printing
lumps of faux-meat it really seems.' If people have been conned, into eating this
UN-Real-junk!) I advise a purge, send to
Independant food testers any such, photo
Can details, and proof of your post.' Then
Contact good lawyers.' Who can then make
This company toast.'
Meaty meatballs resting on spaghetti
Toasting garlic bread then top with cheese
Indeed the most delightful sight
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Mystery meat is today’s menu
Don’t ask, you won’t want to know
Spoiler alert: roadkill of today
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Omaha steaks
filet mignon
boneless pork chops
caramel apple tarts
free steak burgers
chilled chicken breasts
I salivate
getting out my Heinz 57 and a knife
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