Sense Sonnet - Steamer

A Matter of Taste

Horse meat is eaten by some folk,
As routinely as pork or beef.
The thought makes many want to choke,
Who think such choice beyond belief.
Why do so many feel such pain
In knowing that humans do eat
Anything lower in the food chain?
'Cause underneath it's only meat.
The noble horse is meant for more,
And should be spared insult, some say,
At death being butchered up for
Some tasteless human fiend's entree.

Rumor has it, chefs served prime horse.
Broiled Barbaro was the main course.