<\/a><\/p>\n

By Mary Lowell<\/p>\n

J.S. at his best never divined
\na more progressive audience
\nfor his decivilizing design
\nput forth in jest three centuries before
\nthe lucrative trade in tender morsels
\nscored in a petri dish.<\/p>\n

To alleviate poverty and hunger
\nhe suggests we eat our own
\nroasted or boiled with sundry
\ncondiments for the savory sustenance
\nof reunion picnics, cr\u00e8me d\u2019infant
\nor rare pink breast.<\/p>\n

The proposal languished not only
\nfor scruples of the times but shock
\nat inhumanity exposed so coldly
\nby his pen, not supposing then
\na swifter means, ripened in our times,
\nto splay unwanted flesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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