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but aren't they all random?

Friday, July 09, 2021

catholics think fish

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 

2 comments:

Mel said...

He didn't come here for the fish, but I hear he left us with a lot more than what we started with.

dogimo said...

The 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.

Technically I think that counts as vegan!