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The Unmaking of the Deer
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A poem about a medieval hunting ritual - 'the unmaking of the deer'.
Hart of ten just worthy of the hunt, we tracked and chased until you were at bay. Your antlers a tangle of thorns; traceries of hidden signs to be divined. Your pulsing heart Unbreakable, Its ossified core a talisman no terror could undo. Until the best of us drove home the spear, and broke the bone. We sang to you as you were unmade, his steel dancing in your darkening blood. Your velvet hide unstitched. Tendons' anchors unhitched. Your body rent; each took his part - even the lymer her scrap of you. When we had done your pelvis still remained - bloody in the lushness. The ritual run - the song being sung - we left you - a bent and blade-scored 'O' - an offering to crows.

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Reviewed by Jerry Bolton

Reviewed on June 8, 2012

Aye, everything used. Chanting as he was unmade. Successful hunt.

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