There Were Beasts

There were beasts,
Who cautiously arrived
At a delicatessen of human food
Which lay upon the forest floor.
The animals would take bites;
Never did they eat the whole portion.

There’s wisdom in this.
Both that the wild beasts
Were cautious to give up their freedom
For easily trifled upon meat;

But also, that they ate
To what filled them, and no more;
Also, that they left the morsels,
Perhaps for fear of predators,
Or perhaps by Godly design
Which they understood
Was right, and honorable,
To eat the portion enough for oneself
And leave the portion enough for others.