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What Food Thinks About
What Food Thinks About
Clark Steven Lupton
February 27, 2005
“If I could have one wish,” said the fish
“Is that I won’t be served as a main dish.”
“Then let us pray to God,” said the dog
“And hope instead they serve a juicy hog.”
“I hope instead they eat fig,” said the pig
“And not serve me when I grow big”
“I don’t want to be used for lickin’,” said the chicken
“Just the thought makes my heart quicken!”
“It is my belief,” said the beef
“That being eaten will cause me grief.”
“Or if you’re made into beef jerky,” said the turkey
“They say that makes their taste buds perky.”
“I don’t want to have to emote,” said the goat
“But I don’t want to be swallowed down someone’s throat.”
“Well I don’t mean to be drab,” said the crab
“But the way I’m killed and cooked isn’t fab.”
“They shouldn’t eat us, God forbid,” said the squid
“Why can’t they be vegetarians like others did?”
The ostrich said, “Let’s go to the church with the big steeple,
And kick down the door and eat all the people!”
So they marched down to the church and kicked down the door
And the churchgoers never saw such a sight before
The ostrich said, “Kill the people! We will not be made into food!
Not barbecued, boiled, fried or stewed!”
The ostrich kicked, the crab pinched
The dog bit as people flinched
The fish bit with teeth so sharp
The pig knocked down the church’s harp
The goat butted people with his head
He was determined to make the humans into food instead
The chicken pecked at their eyes
She knew she had to or they’d fry her thighs
The turkey blocked the entrance – there had never been such kinds of scandals
Then the cow accidentally knocked over all the church candles
When animals try to eat people they must learn
Never attack a church because it could burn
The events in the church were bent out of shape
But all the people managed to escape
That is the difference between man and beast
The animals managed to be barbecued into a feast!
