Unhealthy Appetite
Ives was a sick man when he discovered the curse.
It cleared his lungs up, but made his head worse.
Head got worse and stomach followed,
demanded more and left him hollowed.
He wandered alone with his newfound cancer
until he met the folks hunkered down in Fort Spencer.
Colonel, captain, private, and priest-
who could ask for a choicer feast?
Save some for the pack and put the rest in the pot
with skilled application of knife thrust and gunshot.