A Kilo of Flesh
If I give you a kilo of my flesh would you leave me to bleed to death?
If I give you a kilo of my flesh would you approve the deal and stop the steal? I have no hard cash but I have assets that could pay you back, five heads of cow in the pasture and an army of goats marching along the street. I have nine thousand chickens in the coop and rental houses along the loop, I have donkeys braying in the barn and three hundred sheep grazing on the lawn, lots of fruit trees are in the back yard and vegetables that are ready to eat and can make your life complete. I have pigs that are meaty and clean, and if you like rabbit meat, I have a hundred of them in the back, and thousands of fresh water fish in the pond and lobsters enough for everyone. I have assets galore that can pay you in an hour, would you take a kilo of my flesh, I am burdened in debt? We have been locked into this negotiation for many months and this is not fun, you keep going back and forth and the people are wandering around in the dirt, today they are here, and tomorrow they are over there and the next day they are down here, you are jumping squares and circles and going around the town with a terrible frown. You have got to strike a deal and keep it real; you can have a kilo of my flesh if I forfeit the deal.
Copyright © Christine Phillips | Year Posted 2024
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