the metaphorical symbolism of the 'death by fork' is very poignant in this piece. it creates an interesting allegory to society's idea that we must use utensils to eat our food. they convince us to put a sharp, pronged metal object in our mouth, in which 'they' constitute our society today, and 'us' constitutes the human population. society has created this image of the polite person as someone who sticks a fork in their mouth, to eat food that can be consumed by our natural hands. we must revolt against the rather politically incorrect idea of the 'necessity to use utensils'.