We hardly ever eat red meat now

And we only have the television

For news and sport, we’re almost

Vegetarian except for a bit of fish

Now and again, as for bacon we

Only ever have rashers and that

Is very seldom, less and less.

We could easily go without meat,

To be honest, we never miss it.

I was a vegetarian once, for six

Months and I had no problem

With it, “ You never mentioned

That before “ Oh: it was when

I was a teenager rebelling like

Everyone was doing back then!

And why did you go back eating

Meat ? Because the doctor told

My mother that human beings

Can’t survive without eating meat.

                  “Really"