I.
In this page, Diana sat next
to the only fawn who survived
the famine—by man
II.
Sick and frail and hungry,
in her fright, the only doe ran—
and the fawn ate her twin,
"This is only right," she said,
bloodied teeth
III.
The wolf was the witness;
told the hunter patroness,
who all but talked to the fawn,
who all but had to kill it;
all's last one
IV.
There are no deers left,
cried the man
I am hungry, said another
Alas! We are forsaken,
said the last
V.
Diana gored man by
watching them gore
each other
VERDICT:
Man is not a cannibal
because he is outlandish,
nor is he curious—
Man is a cannibal
because he is hungry
