Wednesday
Oct292008
Borderlines
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Filmed on location in Accra, Hong Kong and Dundee Abbotoirs.
When does cow become beef?
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Ulf Langheinrich |
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Stepping through
Fear – shit Smell hot, warm blood, Hear sounds of laughter. Bitter fingernails, Stained back arching, Wide eyes- scared, Or was it excitement? Stepping through fear-shit Smell fresh warm blood and Hear sounds of slaughter Spring loaded bullet left gun The process of dying had already begun. I lost myself (I loose myself sometimes) In the place between desire and disgust. Watching him sharpening knives Skin split- flayed Flayed-knives –sharpened. Steam rising from hot bodies Inside out split open Naked, dripping, hot, dead. The process of decomposition ‘s begun Hung uniform rows of rotting flesh Nameless When you take off the skin They all look the same Then the destruction is easy Find another as he left the last to die, And the process went on … Fragmented Disguised Consumed When does cow become beef Flesh become meat And the evidence of the bit between Washed away Hot steam mingles with blood vapour rising All traces eliminated until the water flows clean Then inspected in death more intimately than ever in life; POSTMORTEM Decomposition begun When does child become adult Living become dying Suddenly still suddenly quiet Calm Empty Warning signs remain Someone had been rubbing The palm of their hand Over dust on glass and Traces of the fingers remain Spectators Watching without seeing then Turning away Traces of the damaged slashed Splashed Blood and rust left to mingle Eventually look the same Ropes from the ceiling, redundant machines Still swing and echo the rhythm like ghosts Aching to start up again The worn bits telling tales like Threadbare patches in carpets Nothing is waiting no more And spectators have moved on To the next spectacle Noise of life unaware goes on outside Whats alive Whats dead And what matters? He mistook need for desire and I mistook love for fear Eat this shit he said (in silence) And come back to me for more and more He said There is no such thing as an ugly cunt Flesh wanting sex all looks the same Splayed He cut insides out and Left the head dangling Then walked through my blood laughing in Open toed sandals Look at me im wide open again Plagued with the parasites that give nothing Except disease Spectators return and pretend They’re not looking They eat the beef and deny the cow Ever existed Blind and stupid So here we are now In a place where the name of the living Is the same as the name of the dead. |

