Meat Lovers by Rebecca Hawkes

Author:Rebecca Hawkes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

VI.

you like to say you are driven by love

that love takes you everywhere you need to go

because you never got your driver’s licence

and your reliance on others makes you

somehow powerful

your girlfriend navigates the lanes

you gaze into the lustrous farms

naming the cows by their colours

angus hereford jersey belted galloway

friesian friesian friesian friesian

assembled by colour like assorted sweets

caramel peppermint aniseed liquorice

your mouth is watering

as you mentally concoct savoury rubs

for the beef medallions in the backseat

you are stuck behind a cattle truck

the ammonia stench of calf panic

from the slatted trailer so potent

your girlfriend punches the aircon to ‘recirculate’

unwilling to even breathe the evidence

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