judicious interrogation
why eat chicken
but refuse the meat
of the abundant sparrow
why grieve the death
of women and children
in war
but celebrate
the slaughter
of seed-bearing men
how does the monkey know
to refuse the peel
of an innocent orange
how much hunger
can you bear
before you sneak
into an old woman's pantry
to rip off
her winter preserves
instead of
eating the heart
of the sparrow
which fouls
the window
above the oven
where she bastes
her last
murdered chicken
_____The Poet SPIEL
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