Belly up with bloody bums,
bloated, stiff and calm.
That’s how I find them each morning.
I grab the birds by the ankles,
chuck them over the pig fence and remember
to never tell customers. Most people find
the circle of life confusing. And confusion
often hinders business. But how euphoric—
mama pig with a mouth full of meat and
two chicken feet hanging out like fangs.
CAMILLE NEWSOM is a livestock farmer in Western Michigan. Her first chapbook of poetry This Suffering and Scrumptious World was published in July 2023. In her poems she observes our living and dying world through humor, grief, and a sprinkling of spite.
MARIE MAGNETIC (b. 1989) is a Jewish, Blackfoot Indigenous, queer, and neurodivergent artist. Her art focuses on neurodivergence, feminist issues, and sociopolitical commentary. Marie considers the experiences of being othered while reflecting on the mundane, the morose, and the magnificently mad.