Dec 2016
The Vegan King
Looked across the table
At his son,
Wondering where he had gone
So wrong
And what would become
Of his kingdom
Once he had passed on
His mantle
To a vegetarian.
Looked across the table
At his son,
Wondering where he had gone
So wrong
And what would become
Of his kingdom
Once he had passed on
His mantle
To a vegetarian.
I misread the title of a novel being read opposite me on the tube: The Vegetarian by Han Kang. I thought it read 'The Vegetarian King'. You take inspiration where you can find it.
(61/M/London, U.K.)
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