Dinner plate denuded
of nutriment, but
plinking out with buckshot.
Where, like, the game fowl's a foal
or something equally reasonable
to eat.
I do not know what buckshot
is made of; is it still lead?
but eating it can't be good.
How if this were a conditional statement
you would be an actuary,
if this were a bowlful of black peppercorns
you would be the peppercorns.
