“Right Return” by Meaningless Mutt
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Right Return” by Meaningless Mutt.
Right Return
By Meaningless Mutt
Sacred animal
no parts of me go to waste
hide pulled back
expose my tenderness
Scraped dry
meat preserved
bones boiled
I am made useful
at last
Copyright ยฉ Meaningless Mutt
Meaningless Mutt is a 2 spirit Cree, red river Michif, and Scottish guest residing on Coast Salish territories. Traditionally from treaty 8 territory, Mutt incorporates their mixed culture, displacements, and experiences into their artforms.
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