Dressing the Hunted

Having been bled but never eaten

Threadbare and naked

A slain body built like song

Eros, agape

A different love

For a different fare 

The eloquent hunter claims divine respect

As the beast is dragged by their antlers

Britain Rodriguez is a writer and painter from Santa Ana, California. He has had works published in various small journals such as Verses from the Underground, Apocalypse Confidential, The Double Dealer, and The Senseless Words. He’s published two volumes of his work, The Sex Life of Mussolini and Other Poems, as well as the novel titled Conversation Between a Priest and a Dying Man.