ham

i know that ham comes from pigs 

pigs who are killed for the sake of my sandwich 

but i think because of the peachy pink color of ham,

i don't tend to think of it as such a horrific food 

in fact, 

i feel like it comes naturally from the earth 

a gentle pink color

unraveling a ham bud for the first time

under the new spring air 

when i do think of the pigs that produce my ham,

i can only really see the pigs who live in hundred acre wood 

writing to their friend, wilbur

and hoping Babe comes to visit later 

especially when it's "honey ham"

i can only see little pig sweeties holding hands 

however, when i see ground beef

i think the red

reminds me of blood

the blood of a million dead grocery cows 

there's no hundred acre wood for the bulls that died tonight