Flesh Consumed

I lay the cadaver on the chopping block

Placed on the cutting table inside up

I've bled and beheaded this hollow carcass

Band-saw splitting the body down the centre

Spinal column saw dust fills the air

Human carcass is quartered

Into four primal cuts

Shoulder, rib, loin and limbs

Sliced and diced, marinated and minced

Cutting against the grain of meat

The excess fat is removed

Connective tissue lining is peeled

Thickly fleshed meat is sown into steaks

Shoulder rolled and tied into roast

Juicy breast meat, savored with flavour

Intramuscular marbling

Runs throughout tenderloin

Extremities are reduced

As the muscle is sliced thin

Cleaver in hand, I dice into cubes

Neck processed into human ground round

Meat grinder oozing

Human muscle sold by the pound