Meat
by and published in Edition Two of Pomegranate
Counters in a game,
it pours from the cold packet
to spit in the pan.
Ritual: the turkey
carved up like an instrument.
Wishbones are crackers.
The animals loll
in this pornographic farm
not death nor dinner.
Julia Rampen
Julia Rampen lives in Edinburgh, Scotland and is currently on her gap year saving up to travel the world. She started writing poetry in 2004 and has been published in The Rialto and New Writing Scotland 24. As well as poetry, she enjoys playing in loud orchestras, hearing scandalous stories and walking places.