Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Entomophagy I Do you know that, strangely now, Early Atlantic slaves were fed on the then,undesirable lobster? Today, with ever-reduced grazing areas on the planet And fisheries that are pressed with over exploitation, Humans are now contemplating returning to A once ancestral desired cuisine of termites and their kin Which at present are, by many, considered as absolutely horrible. Bizarre how food choice is determined by Fashion or need or revulsion; What's different between a shelled sea creature And terrestrial beings with an exoskeleton? Frank Maurer 12 November 2022 0930 AM