Life is a matter
Of take and give.
Something must die
So that something might live.

Chicken and cow
Are no longer alive;
They died
So that we might survive.

Wheat and corn,
Turnip and sugar cane,
Sacrifices in
The living game.

We sow and grow,
Slaughter and devour
To live another minute--
Another hour;

Until we die
And become a grand feast
For every manner
Of wee beast.

So what life is all about,
I have grown to discover,
Is a continuous bout
Of feeding on each other.

So pass the potatoes;
Pass the ham.
I eat;
Therefore I am.