READY FOR STEW 1975

A MAN AND WIFE AND RABBIT STEW AND SEX AFTERWARDS IN 1975

Netanya's son left a dead rabbit

by the back door,

what am I to do with that?

I asked Netanya,

skin and gut it,

she said,

peering at me in the kitchen,

you can do that can't you?

I guess so,

I said,

well go on then,

she said,

so I went outside

and took the rabbit

to an outside table

and lay it down,

its dead eyes looked at me,

the grey fur still warm,

she brought a knife

and scissors out to me,

you'll need these,

she said,

standing watching me,

eyes bright and gazing at me,

I lay the rabbit on its back

and slit up the stomach

with the knife and took out

the guts and innards,

warm and smelly and bloody

and put them to one side,

she looked on smiling,

I broke the back legs

and pulled the skin back up

and off up to the head and neck,

then cut off the head

and threw the head and skin

behind me and looked at her

standing there watching me,

very good,

she said smiling,

now cut it up

and we can stew it later,

I did as she said

and she put it a saucepan

and added water and stock,

and said,

well that's that,

now what do you want to do?

wash my hands,

I said,

then what?

she said,

are the kids out?

I asked,

yes all out,

she said,

not that it would matter

would it?

I mean last week

we were at it

when young Patty

came to the door

and knocked and said,

can I have money for ice cream

because the ice cream van's here?

off putting,

I said,

well no one's here

and so do we?

I nodded

and we walked upstairs

to our room

and closed the door

and she undressed

and I watched

and undressed too,

thinking of the rabbit

naked and cut up

and ready for stew,

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

Hahaha Terry You spin a lovely interconnected tale of pure simple entertainment of everyday life and how it's like a jigsaw, all coming together

[Terry Collett]

Thank you, andrew

[andrew mitchell]

great work!