The POTW: Verse Til It Hurts

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POTW #816
(Week of 7 October, 2012)
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Legendary cartoonist/writer/game designer Andy Hartzell helped provide inspiration for this one the other day, when he sent me a news article about a farmer who was eaten by his pigs. I smelled poem on it immediately.

Carnivorivore

My dinner plate has a moral stance
I won't eat creatures that only eat plants
But predators like wolves and bears
Well, tit for tat and fair is fair
And so I make my daily feast
On the succulent flesh of flesh-eating beasts
Blackened leopard Hollandaise
Coyote cheeks in honey glaze
Fillet of shark and wolverine stew
I only do what they would do
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
And piranha taste great when they're poached in vermouth
But the most delicious meal of all
Is deadly not with fang or claw
Attacking instead with a big juicy brain
The hunter ape at the top of the food chain
Cacciatori cacciatore
Called by some the most dangerous quarry
Grilled or braised or fried or steamed
I can't get enough of human being!

Copyright © 2012 by Dave Grossman

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