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Guts

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This pig's got guts gushing
from its belly on the sand, blood
channelling along rock gutters
glugging to the sea.

What do you see
by the glistering light guttering
in the gusting air, glittering
on the bloody entrails?

Tales in the intestines
of the bloody gutted pig.
My gut feeling is
this is bad news, bad news.

God, god, what
has the pig been guzzling
has the pig been gulping?
This is bad news, bad news.

Don't be gutless, god,
let's get to the guts
of this gut busting
body gutting business.
For #HammeredPoetry's prompt #4 Etymoetry

Based on the word (guess) gut and all it's friends and relatives.

I got this list of meanings and uses:

bowels, entrails
gutters
streams, channels
belly, abdomen
inside contents
gut feeling
gut reaction
disappointed, gutted
got guts, courage
guttering candle


My gut feeling (l.o.l.) about this poem is that it begins well and trails off. I didn't know where to take it after piling everything in at first. I pushed a few times, but I am weak and have temporarily given up. If anyone has any good ideas though, I'll happily try again.
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Halatia's avatar
Such yummy sonics! :dummy: