To say that ‘we’ are a ‘they’,

is to isolate removed responsibility,

to keep artist an inhuman name,

in favor of fleshy painted form;

of grotesquely segmented hide

delicately burned landscapes

etched into backs no older than two.

He is medical study, textured composition beautiful

before he is to you, a boy.

Branded with “these books exist” so

why should we not screen for reaction?

Sensationed disgust.

There is a market for meat.