Mush / Cull

One hundred
dogs put down
during the slow season

a mass grave of huskies
malamute & utanogan
stiffen under feet of snow

thirty-five exotic animals
freeze in Juarez at
the Serengeti Zoo

Berto Hernan cites
fourteen parrots
thirteen serpents
five iguanas
two crocs &
one capuchin monkey
dead during power
failure in Aldama

twenty-one lechuga ponies
collapse before a match
their bodies shot through

w/ vitamin injections

a dead rabbit arrives
in the Chinese mail,
an eel is inserted into

the asshole of an unconscious chef
disemboweled alive; both man
& moray die

at new year,
men buy up birds
determined to do

good deeds

catch & release
the catch w/out release
the catch

the release