Very Bad Archive
Fruit Basket dedicated to the memory of Willard Wright
Taintjuice McGillicutty
I was so angry
That I bypassed her pancreas
The husk of a nectarine
That I eschewed the withered plantain
Of her jejunum
That I discarded her kidneys
Two knotty pears
And bit into her ovary
Like an overripe apple
Mealy and coppery
The juice in my chin-beard.
O! how many babies just died in my mouth?
Taintjuice McGillicutty has published another poem since joining on 30/11/99. Read more of Taintjuice's terrible poetry at the anthology. Here are three of Taintjuice's latest works: