Pig Philosophy

A whim of pleasure Speaks to the wind, And a sigh of murder Cannot win. Who’s to say one pleasure is Better than another? Pain and pleasure, Life’s two sovereign masters. Pushpin is just as good As poetry? Pursuing my pleasures In a void of toxicity. The lowest and slowest Are life’s basic needs. Sex, drugs, and fine foods Is all simple-likes need. A step higher into cultured reliefs, Art and music indeed; Such dignity, Not like the baser needs. Step one more, The mind of science and/or spiritual needs. *****sapiens source of Elation, All found in empirical seeds. Though it is better to be A human dissatisfied than A pig satisfied; Better to be Socrates dissatisfied Than a fool satisfied. Ours species two sovereign masters; Pain and pleasure… Nature’s selective possessors.