Some seek sugar. Others fats.
The thicker and sweeter the cream,
the richer and better the bone.
They gnawed on meat
carving limbs with limbs
taking photos before feasting
Opulence is only luxurious if it is
witnessed
Born of this or that, the plate
becoming a transit system
Transporting you between worlds
where abundance is signalled by scarcity
and the privilege of paying more is
taken as a given.
Is it the multitude of utensils
egregious amount of animal
or lack of any
that makes it ‘well’?
The women only eating
greenery hung gently
across their ribs or the men
washing down whatever with whiskey.
The scarcity and excess combine to contribute
some twisted form of nutrition and pleasure.