Artisan by Dan Joyce
©2016
Post 136
A Pig That Feeds Himself
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I saw a pig that feeds himself
How fat he had become
Amidst a glop of his own slop
His contentment had begun
And no one dined with this large swine
And no one cared to know
How easy to content oneself
Yet sadly quite alone
He mixed the scraps of leftover food
Mealie-pap, bread and fruit
Thinking that to serve oneself
He’d find a greater truth
But then came in the farmer and
A man from the slaughter house
To bait and dig and kill the pig
Smarter than a mouse
And so you see it cannot be
Self-serving is the way
Just ask the ham how well it went
As you eat your eggs today.