Goat Unaware

Didn’t know a goat had to die
To make grandma’s dish so delicious. 

Fileted meat
Marinated in herb and spice:
Onion, garlic, black pepper, clove and thyme
Pan griddled, embracing black char
Simmer in oil

Sizzling, a snake’s hiss 
Aroma drew nose near, from afar
A dinner’s delight
 
A black fur billy goat
Eyes starring widely
Chewed green, so unaware
Doomed for demise
To adorn dinner plates
 
 Prey to the hunter’s ritual 
Age old, as time
Sharp blade placed to throat
Its red soaked the earth
 
Free -verse 03/07/15

by Marckincia Jean
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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