Poems of the Week

Getting Ahead of the Competition

by Marshall Begel

Ancient humans living in Europe may have scooped out the brains of their dead enemies
and eaten them, a new study suggests.
CNN

As a neolithic herder, I’m uncomfortable with murder,
But we couldn’t let our neighbors rob us blind.
With our enemy’s defeat, we can relax enough to eat,
Indulging in a little piece of mind.