032021

 

 Holy batburgers

Robin, your man's delicious

promotion with lunch

120320b

 

we use scales and all
it’s not like they have
a real language

102220

 

she doesn't want 

to kill the calf, but dad stands firm

it's outgrown its clothes

101620c

 

you said

difference is

they eat their young

quelle surprise

you do too

080220b

but

who

ordered

shrimp cocktail

Crab Nebula bar

the waitstaff curl their antennae

062020b

Mary had a little lamb

At night it went to school

Books and sums availed it naught

It made a savory stew

052320

Sauropod-Raptor: It'll Never Work


carnivore girl
my boy a lifetime of snacks
each time
sparks travel to his distant brain
but he's in love
she takes another bite
tastes like a whole lotta chicken

041320

Weird rabbits

in the trap yestiddy.

Never saw any before

with so many eyes,

and they had funny stuff

hangin' offa them,

leather maybe,

and these little metal doohickies.

I saved all that junk

when I skinned them,

could be worth something.

Yeah, pretty weird critters.

Good eatin' though.

022620

food's pretty good
tho we're all that's left
you look tasty

012020c

Chicken+


we ate you much
before you were self-aware
you were delicious

112719

Too late, we discovered

That the Loculans proudly display

Their larvae on silver trays in public rooms

We met them for the first time

At a formal dinner

The Terran Ambassador's stomach

Had to be pumped

110619b

On the planet of the Celery People, cannibalism is virtually unknown. Come on, no one likes to eat celery.

102019d

The Most Perfect Food

They’re not cooked, neither shaken nor stirred,

Lightly seasoned; otherwise pristine,

Perfect for recovery from head injury,

Or for a growing fetus;

Straight from a nutrient bath,

Free of impurities of any sort;

A wholesome sacrifice to the temple, your body.

The brains are physically developed, sure,

But there’s no cognition, no person there;

It’s just an organic thing,

Grown under sterile conditions,

And with the best of care.

Our product conforms to anti-cannibalism statutes

In 37 states. And several foreign countries.

Guaranteed not to have even the most vapid,

Errant, thought, a tabula rasa ready for consumption,

Ready to become a part of you,

                                                    Valuable, versatile,

                                                                                    Tasty too.

101719

The signs on the street
indicate the mood of the thoroughfare
unfortunately, only natives count
and we never know what they're thinking
what they're feeling
even their age or gender
if they have them
the main thing though
we never know when they're hungry
very hungry
we only know which streets
to steer clear of
when the other immigrants avoid them
and the blood, of course

071119b

Aliens Are Sweet


on this world
Earth crops won't grow
thank God everything native is edible
EVERYTHING
even their buildings
if a bit gritty

121318

The Problem of Were

Where the giant fish

Dress like men and women outdoors

But shuck their clothes

In their homes

We had to write new laws

Even though they don't have

External genitals,

But those iridescent scales!

If you know what to look for

You can tell from the scales

What they look like

In the wereman or werewoman form

So it's almost like

In the fish form

They are naked humans

At least that's what the state legislature

In its infinite wisdom

Has decreed.

It is a fine legal point:

If you kill them in person form

They revert to fish

Then you may decide to eat them.

Have you committed murder?

Are you a cannibal?

The legislature is still out on that one.

120618c

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways!

1. You have not yet eaten any part of me.
2. Your sleek green ferocity is amazing.
3. You still haven't eaten me.
4.  All enemies fall or flee before you.
5. You can stand motionless for hours; pounce in a fraction of an instant.
6. I am still here.
7. Let me rephrase that.
8. I am looking up at my torso as it vanishes into your maw.
9. Our progeny will be really something.

101818c

there once was a barber named Jack
who ate the occasional snack
his clientele shrank
his garbage was rank
that hungry young barber named Jack

070218b

wild
grass
creeping
into our
terrestrial lawn
first we knew of it heard a noise
it ate the dog started in on the shed beautiful
white flowers tinged with red open
food running low we
go Donner
who will
be
last

041418

put on your fur coat
run prey down
wake naked on a
hillside printed scrap
of fabric
stuck between your teeth