bon appetite

when you first learn
about cannibals as a kid
in school,
see the pictures of
men and women
boiling in a giant
pot over a fire,
you quickly, with your friends,
discuss if you could
eat someone.
what parts would be possible,
to cook
and bite into.
would salt and pepper
be involved.
ketchup.
it's a terrifying conversation
between twelve year
olds,
but funny
and doesn't effect your
appetite at all
when your mother
calls you in with dinner
on the table. your favorite.
pork chops.