fancy feast – Tristen Godfrey

Content warning: body horror.

Serve my lips with a ladle,

so they may be slurped down like a stew,

heart warming and abundant

Gouge out my tongue and nose and eyes and ears,

Lay them in my cupped, corpseless hands, 

a cornucopia

Hide my brain under a cloche, and

Take off its lid a little too hastily to warrant 

a spectacle

Plant my ovaries in egg cups next to the tiniest little spoons 

Skewer my heart – red, dripping, writhing to be unchained

Spread me out on a long table with fancy silverware and folded napkins

Invite the whole town, or even my entire tiny world to come, 

Feast.

because my flesh is not rotting, but it is

rapidly approaching expiration, and

Tell me, what good does moldy meat do? 

no.

Eat it now, while it’s fresh and hot and still

lively enough to kick the throats that it slides down 

Eat it now, before it eats itself alive out of desperation

Devour me now and let me fill your stomach 

Let my substance become your substance 

and your substance become mine. 

because what the fuck else am i here for ?