The guts have the same color as pink taffy

and they look like it when it’s pulled between rollers

at those places where you can watch them make it

my grandpa pulls them out with his hands

there’s a chain wrapped around the thing’s chest

to hold it up and aid in gravity

pulling loose pieces of it down to Earth

bulbous, egg-shaped protrusions

hang from strands between the legs

and I ask my grandpa what those are

ignorant at this point in my life

all our animals were spayed and neutered

he tells me they are the balls

before snatching them free

with a quick finger.