Painting by Rusudan
Free Range
He promised no part of my body
would go to waste.
I would be eaten from nose to tail.
"Yes or no?" "Yes."
He gave me honest meadows
to roam around.
What an unlikely friend:
Dario, the butcher in Panzano.
Agnes Marton is a Hungarian-born poet, writer, librettist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (UK) and Reviews Editor at The Ofi Press. Recent publications include her collection Captain Fly's Bucket List and four chapbooks with Moria Books (USA). She won the National Poetry Day Competition in the UK.
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