[net.poems] Why God Kills Chickens

portegys (09/27/82)

This poem comes from a little episode at dinner
with my daughter.


     Why God Kills Chickens

In her fifth year
She learned where the meat on her plate 
Comes from.
It went over quickly
And then was back a half hour later
Strong.
And she sang a little while,
After that little look into her heritage
And her destiny.


      Tom Portegys, ...ihuxv!portegys