Mother Eater

Why did you do it, why did you do it What possessed you to become a cannibal To turn on your mother in her old age And leave her in a pile on the floor Your neighbours found you roasting the meat And wondered about your bizarre actions There had been no hunting that day Only you knew what had happened And yet you were feasting on meat And your mother was missing And suddenly the truth came out You were roasting your mother for dinner They will say you were insane and so are excused But what makes one human eat another And when it is your mother Is this double insanity or something more Is the human being a natural cannibal Controlled only by the rules of society Now and then someone slips through the net And we label him insane or something else