It’s why Cain killed Abel,

When Cain’s offering of crops wasn’t pleasing to God,

But Abel’s slain livestock was…

It’s why animals eat each other, just to stay alive,

A dire compulsion, inescapable until Dear Death.

It’s why Christ had to be

Whipped, and bludgeoned,

Stabbed, and eviscerated…

To pay, in a universally accepted credit.

Blood is the currency of Nature’s Exchange.

In a smaller, but somehow sharper sense,

It’s why you are here today.