These Orchids Have
Descended is a precursor to
The Gelded, two
narratives where
figurative meaning is the data
for recording loss
and survival in the
‘-ectomy’ of what has been removed
being attached at the end.
As the story goes,
there are those who think a care for
people vaccinating
threatens liberties,
but to have your knackers taken? Covid
is bollocks for the
anti-brigade, but
here is a masterclass in equine registration
to prove a need –
one microchip records
two testicles taken, where humans will flinch at
two picks in an arm
to save theirs
(or its equivalence). When horses
neigh it is not a refusal,
just actual pain
in a hope of controlling things
for continuing.
Mike Ferguson