Sweetbreads Poems

He had seen chicken necks 
twisted and broken in Chinese markets, 
the plucked dismemberment 
of flapping wings. 

With help, 
he could have strung his carcass up 
like a hog on a hook. 
He would have quickly cleaved himself 

from balls...Read More

no waste
strange dish
low cost
haggis

off-cuts
Scotch hype
pig’s feet
beef tripe

sheep’s pluck
fish heads
kidneys
sweetbreads

entrails 
offal
spell it
awful
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This was a poetry challenge - a twisted valentine

   My Honey
(Valentine Challenge)

Dandelions and sweetbreads
are paltry proof
when all year long 
he acts aloof.

He hunts all day 
this clumsy brute
and barrels home
his horn a toot 

bloody carcass 
around his shoulders,
he...Read More