[Matt Q]

We Useless Eaters at the Trough

We useless eaters gather at the trough
to gorge ourselves, our useless pig-like throats
choked with the choicest cuts; each eats enough
for three. When we can binge no more, we boast
of all the foreign holidays we’ve taken,
how much we blow on cigarettes and drink,
share tips on how to best fake desperation
and tricks to look more crippled or more sick
so as to scrounge more cash. Before we snooze,
we do not kneel to offer prayers of thanks
to those hard-working families whose food
we have purloined. Instead, we graze on snacks,
then uselessly we sleep for useless hours.
Then come the men to take us to the showers.
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