Quiet, Piggy
Though the slur also concerns chickens
and eggs and which came first—
did the master create the puppet
or the puppet the master?
suppose, for instance, one posits
an argument for compassion—
the bare minimum, as in let’s not
disappear people and torture families
a few crumbs under the table
hardly enough for a dog and a widow—
let’s not torment the targeted
and call it Jesus
