Sale

last year the corpse i planted in my garden
has blossomed---roots deepened and leaves spread
have you seen it

I warrant fifty years' grace on purchase, Dear Sir,
No problems for fifty years to come.

tree beautiful tree sprays all laden with pink and red
smell the rising aroma of fresh sweetened blood
have you smelled it

No problems for fifty years, Good Sir, fifty years
Of unexampled service, to be replaced if complained against
----Says the label,
That's on print, I swear!

sweet buds pretty flowers----all beloved wishes
clean dead and buried----all dark in shrouds
or petals are they
have you noticed
i saw you walk on them

Most user-friendly production, Gracious Sir,-----
To be replaced if complained against; Why! Bless me!
---I, your most humble servant, would be most happy to replace
Promptly and eagerly, with one
As brand-new and untried as this one here---
it is the honesty of business in question, Sir, you see

last year the life i planted in my bosom
has taken roots---spread leaves and blossomed in pink and red
the fruit has come
woeful tumours all galled and bruised
full of juicy fresh blood nicely sheathed in placental shroud
hushh!
i lull it to sleep
i heard you cry

Myself would replace, Sir! But also says the label---
Not to be tampered with by unauthorised persons,
Company not liable for injuries done as such;---
That is true, and quite right, Sir, you see
After all, it is delicate, a woman is
And you don't dig too deep
----for it is all soil and earth inside
But you don't till too hard
---for who knows, what may be buried within
And what may crop up
And blossom
And smell, of blood----?