Eat Or Not? Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Eat or not?

I have seen up and down
I’ve been kicked; side to side
I don’t mind

Insects were in chick-peas; split
I poured some to make soup
Then noticed the spots

Question was “Eat or not? ”

We all come and end; die.
We eat lambs, ox and calves.
Why not this?

Regardless of the food
“Never waste.”
“Thousands are hungry.”

I ate all
Set in sun what was left.
“You’re free; please fly.”

They don’t go…
Peas to them is best food.
They’re stuck.

They, likes us, are slaves…
To the mouths; underneath…
Let’s accept, though is shame.