DEATH Poem: I’m against the binary, by Jacob Roberts

that it’s one
or the other. You live
for yourself and others;
it makes us
human. It makes
sense of the world
of an orca tearing the head off a dolphin,
connective tissue still linking the body
segments

The orca shares the kill,
takes only what it needs
leaves the rest to keep
the process going. To keep
the bird’s wings pinned to the ground,
the lion’s claws dug into flesh,
violence, submission
it’s how we progress

The earth bleeds in words, the earth bleeds in acid.
the sky echoes names, anguish,
dark truths. Meaning leaks out,
seeping red-hot bubbles.

Long, red worms,
frills catching heat,
nutrients and narrative,
minerals and meat

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