Tenderloin catnip

Petfood longs to be taken
seriously. Understandable
if it was actually ignored,
but it usually has an aisle 
almost completely to itself 
in most supermarkets. Still,
on a continent surrounded 
by seas in which fish are 

plentiful, & renowned for
the quality of its livestock,
it feels it should have, if 
not pride of place, at least 
be displayed somewhere 
more conspicuous. It falls 
to the pasta to be the voice 
of reason. "Humans might 

be the ones who buy pet-
food, but they're not the 
ones who eat it. Unless, of
course, they're homeless 
or extremely poor, & who
wants to be reminded that
that's quite possible in the
climate as it currently is."