Paltry

paltry \PAWL-tree\, adjective:
1. almost worthless; trifling
2. of no worth; contemptible, despicable

Poultry. Cold, damp, goose-pimpled. Layered with a thin, slimy membrane of skin. She runs her fingers over it, feels its slight give with her slight pressure. Readying herself for what she knows she has to do, that as a child she told herself she would never do. Like cooking raw hamburger meat. She could never be in the kitchen as a girl when her mother was making tacos, as the pink flesh turned to brown, sizzling in the pan, withering away in its own juices. The smell so awful and thick, it permeated everything.
Now she stands at the kitchen sink, staring down at a featherless bird with its head and feet cut off, trying to muck up the courage to actually hold the thing in her hands and push globs of stuffing into its hollowed center with her bony, shaking fingers.