Lambchops

thinking of those lambchops

at Moishe's the other night

we all taste good to one another

most bodies are good to eat

even reptiles and insects

even the poisonous lutefisk of Norway

buried in the dirt a million years before serving

and the poisonous blowfish of Japan

can be prepared

      to insure reasonable risks

at the table

if the crazy god did not want us to eat one another

why make our flesh so sweet

I heard it on the radio

a happy rabbit at the rabbit farm

saying to the animal psychic

don’t be sad

it's lovely here

they're so good to us

we’re not the only ones

said the rabbit

      comforting her

everyone gets eaten

as the rabbit said

to the animal psychic

2006