This is "Man with Rat" by Lucien Freud. I once had a pet rat (from the pet store) named Oscar. When I bought Oscar a girlfriend named Romulda from Walmart, she killed him and ate half of him. I returned Romulda to Walmart, and was surprised that they took her back and refunded my money.
That must have been a traumatic discovery!
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Yes, it was quite shocking, and Romulda was casually lounging by the corpse. That's what I get for buying a rat at Walmart.
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