Selected Cronicas

CRUELTY

When I think of the eager enjoyment with which we sit down to that Brazilian delicacy, chicken cooked in its own blood, I begin to realize how cruel we humans are. Personally, I could never kill a chicken for I adore watching them as they stretch their ugly necks and scratch for worms. So should we avoid eating chicken cooked in its own blood? Of course not. We must never forget that we are cannibals. We must respect our cruelty. For who knows, perhaps if we were to stop eating chicken cooked in its own blood, we might start devouring human beings instead. My cowardice about eating chickens, even if I am prepared to eat them once they have been cooked, leaves me puzzled and bothered, yet I accept it. Life is cruel. We are born in blood as the umbilical cord is cut. And so many human beings die shedding their blood. We must believe in blood as part of life. Cruelty. But also love.