John Yau Quote

Why isn't there more meat on this chicken
It's as if the damned thing began starving itself
once it knew what the future had in store for it
Is this what they mean by "organic"


"Domestic Bliss" lines 10-13, Borrowed Love Poems, Penguin, 2002


Why isn't there more meat on this chicken It's as if the damned thing began starving itself once it knew what the future had in store for it Is this...

Why isn't there more meat on this chicken It's as if the damned thing began starving itself once it knew what the future had in store for it Is this...

Why isn't there more meat on this chicken It's as if the damned thing began starving itself once it knew what the future had in store for it Is this...

Why isn't there more meat on this chicken It's as if the damned thing began starving itself once it knew what the future had in store for it Is this...