Tender Is the Flesh

by Agustina Bazterrica

His brain warns him that there are words that cover up the world. There are words that are convenient, hygienic. Legal.

“The human being is the cause of all evil in this world. We are our own virus.”

“After all, since the world began, we’ve been eating each other. If not symbolically, then we’ve been literally gorging on each other. The Transition has enabled us to be less hypocritical.”