Hormones

Hormones
By DJ Stipe

Breasts today are not the
breasts of my teenage years.
Legs and thighs now, too, are
fuller – more plump and tender;
More physically fulfilling,
but packaged just the same.

Estradiol, Progesterone, Testosterone
redirected by
the needle point of
suspect motivation.

Zeranol, Trenbolone, Melengestrol
invented by
the sledgehammer of
aggie industrialization.

The flaws have been removed,
along with all signs of animality.
They boast uniformity of flavor
from the first taste to the last.
Still, I prefer my breasts
lopsided, skin-on bone-in.