David Greenspan

The butcher is today thinking of throats,                of their skin and fat and tendon.      He thinks of opening his                     with a carving knife. The butcher leaves      his shop door open. He hangs a sign from the window –           The bloated stomach of a horse                     is not to be confused with something holy.      Before the butcher […]

The butcher is today thinking of knives.      One to pull ligament from joint and joint from bone.                One to carve muscle –           this knife his favorite and often the butcher finds himself aroused                as he slices roast                for Mrs. Glass. One to cleave                     through gristle and scare teenagers.                One to peel back skin.                     This knife […]