march 21st, 2001 / ten twenty seven pm

when a chicken is sick
you must kill him
growing up on a farm taught me this
you see
if a chicken is sick,
he is no good to himself,
or other chickens
providing you find the chicken before he is dead
and you can determine that he is
in fact
sick
you are goven only one option
and that is too kill him soon
or else his meat will be no good to you
and losing an adult chicken
is a considerable loss.

when killing a chicken,
you cut his head off
this is a well known fact
it is also known that his body will run around for a time after being decaptitaed
it's a very somebering thing to watch
the body
you see
knows not that it is dead,
it's moving on reflex alone
eventually
after running itself tired,
it will collapse in one final breath.

if any good comes of this,
it's knowing that you saved the rest of the chickens from the same affliction
and you in turn, saved yourself alot of money.

the moral of this story, sometimes you have to kill one aspect of a life, or a culture, to save the rest.
i'm sorry melissa, but life works in fucked up ways, we can only but hope to one day understand them

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