11-15-2024, 04:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-16-2024, 02:29 PM by RiverNotch.)
Fast Food
After the chase, most big cats take their time
draining the life out of their prey
by choking them or bleeding them to death
instead of thrashing them about, breaking their necks
or dashing their heads against rocks,
as crocs are wont to do. They know that meat
flush with blood will never taste as sweet
as when their catch is given the chance to treat
the inevitable with peace.
The raising or hunting may be quick,
so too the skinning, the cleaning, the cooking,
even, as need so dictates, the eating,
but if a people takes not their time
in slaughtering what will soon grace their table,
if they've no distaste for the savour of dread,
then they are worse than a beast.
After the chase, most big cats take their time
draining the life out of their prey
by choking them or bleeding them to death
instead of thrashing them about, breaking their necks
or dashing their heads against rocks,
as crocs are wont to do. They know that meat
flush with blood will never taste as sweet
as when their catch is given the chance to treat
the inevitable with peace.
The raising or hunting may be quick,
so too the skinning, the cleaning, the cooking,
even, as need so dictates, the eating,
but if a people takes not their time
in slaughtering what will soon grace their table,
if they've no distaste for the savour of dread,
then they are worse than a beast.