She did this. A flagellation of habit.
Enjoyed eating animal flesh.
At a carnival won a ceramic kewpie pig.
Pink with a blue bow.
Sat it on her kitchen table.
Cooked a luscious pork roast.
Cut the slices thin.
Fanned out on her plate.
Moved Porky close to her.
Cut a piece of pork.
Lifted the pork to her tongue.
Patted the pig with her left hand.
Threw the roast in the garbage.
Slept well after her salad.
Originally published in Of Rust And Glass