May The Saints Preserve
                                  the electorate
by Kevin Heaton


Behold the fatted sheep,unshorn
fed on forbs
and
bulgar wheat
who sport a sullied, woven fleece
led by rams down coffin planks
willing
gleeful,
bleating,
sheared,
abattoir stunned, and gutted,
butcher-boned
sweetened
salt preserved,
mutton chopped
and
rendered.