Ike Jime

more humane than clubbing,
it’s said
and it better maintains the quality
of the meat

                                                                   “Massacre of innocents”

the hollow spike has to be driven
into the skull
at just the right angle, 20°
I think the instructional video said

                                                                    “Civilians ‘shot in the streets’”

so you can slide the stiff wire
through the hollow spike
down the fish’s spine
to finish the job

                                                                    “Worse than ISIS”

the fish usually still flinches
after its brain has been pierced
but it’s just
involuntary nerve movement

                                                                     “Horror in Bucha”

it’s important to slice the gills
and bleed it right after the kill
so there won’t be any “fishy” taste
when it’s served

                                                                     “…torture and massacre of civilians”

I saw a picture of a man
shot while riding his bicycle
I think he was carrying
a sack of kartoplia