Meat Pleasure
written by: Jegadeesh Kumar
Venison is delectable
Deerskin is precious
Charming is her frightened look
Even at moments of grazing
Hungry Tiger is her only fear
The hunter’s arrow tears into the flesh,
Making her scalp horripilate
She falls in the hands of the guard,
Tries in vain to tell him
Tales of her suffering
That life is over in which
She walked nonchalantly,
Munching jungle grass
Drinking from vernal pools
Breathing forest air.
Her glowing skin, innocent eyes,
Delicate saunter are her nemeses.
She is no longer
An ineluctable part of the forest.
Meat pleasure has triumphed over
The laws of nature.
Jegadeesh Kumar writes, both in English and Tamil, short stories, poems, and Eastern Philosophy. His work has appeared in The Prometheus Dreaming, Indian Periodical, Spillwords Press, The Defunct Magazine, Piker Press, Impspired magazine, Consequence and elsewhere. A Fine Thread and Other Stories - a short story collection in his translation has been published by Ratna Books India. Jegadeesh's second book of translation, A Journey Through Words received the Prestigious Iyal Award for translation from Canada Tamil Literary Garden, Toronto, Canada. He is currently working on translating a Tamil novel into English. A member of NSLS (National Society for Leadership and Success), he has won the Robert Noyce Educator scholarship to complete his Master's degree in STEM Education at the Citadel Military College of Charleston, SC. He lives in Walterboro, SC with his wife.
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