transactional transanimal obligations
by kevin
some weeks after the speaking stones came out
shepherds started talking to their flock,
ranchers exchanged stories with their livestock.
novel contracts were inked in union blood
i heard podcasts from cows interviewing chickens,
chickens interviewing pigs.
the pigs interviewing each other were the most interesting
whole foods certified these meats GAP 8
expressions: stilted
somehow, lyrical. in their own
i thought even without the stones,
a present history still conjured:
sizzle and smoke
textures between cuts
after spiced aftertastes
stoneless i could hear
everything said was