Wednesday, December 11, 2019

tombstone bacon

low on nitrates,

I pick up a slab of bacon. thick cut.
maple.

so many bacons to choose from.
biodegradable bacon?

fat free bacon? organic bacon
from
well cared for pigs. pigs with names.
educated pigs.
ivy league bovine.

the bacon is
thin cut. butcher style.
home style. the family package
with fifty slices

for those long holiday visits.

none of it good for you.
they should put a picture of a heart
on the package.

every artery clogged to the max.

a photo of a man on a stretcher
clutching his heart.

there should be a tombstone
on the front with scrambled eggs

and hazel serving it, saying
there you go
Mr. B.

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