Catholics think fish are vegetables.
There's a reason for it - Jesus didn't
come here for the fish after all, plus
there always is - but somehow come
Fridays in Lent, I'm always eating birds.
Missing the find, feathered, friendly
distinction. Birds can't be animals -
there are too many of them. "A few
fewer wouldn't hurt," I purr,
feasting fancily fast, grinning
like a canary with whiskers
He didn't come here for the fish, but I hear he left us with a lot more than what we started with.
ReplyDeleteThe witnesses to that have died. But let's take it as writ. The weird, creepy angle we're left with is: some of those fish were dead, but had never even been born. Spawned. They'd never drawn so much as breath of sea. Those loaves being broken - had never been baked.
ReplyDeleteTechnically I think that counts as vegan!