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"speciesism" poems
♀↵ϖ†∅↨⊕☺☼↑↓ Apples will be cantaloupes depending on their nurture; and so I cherish rainbow hopes for our collective future. Oranges elect their hue improving Nature’s seal, while pronouns stifle what is true suppressing the appeal. Fruits may choose to change to nuts and fowls select their plumage. Why settle in Tradition’s ruts? Such rigid roles do damage. Nuts in turn, may feel like flowers, picking how and when to bloom. So ambisexual thought empowers androgynes to court their doom. A leopard, too, may change his spots (or turn into a vegan bunny) No law’s tittles, neither jots make Speciesism funny. If you decide to see it so the sky above is yellow. Perceive as pink the grass beneath and better times must follow. Gender? Merely social constructs – preach it to the masses until tradition self-destructs and *** takes off her glasses. Babies need no Dad (nor Mother): sexist labels, obsolete. Love is blind. There is no other. Bats must bark and chickens bleat. Integrated water closets show how far we have evolved: urinary bank deposits (with no member account involved). Foolish thinking from the past (like water being wet, and such) calls for re-education, fast. The State will lend its human touch compelling all to sing the hymn with genderfluid motions… so birds can preen their scales and swim in dry and waveless oceans. (Yet “hymn” sounds sexist said out loud – we ought to sing a “her” instead… no – make that “us”,  since we are proud, lest misconceptions be misread.) Shake a healthy dose of salt upon this strange post-modern food. May God re-set us to default with human common sense renewed.
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Sep 12, 2015
Sep 12, 2015 at 11:05 PM UTC
To Birds who Swim in Fishy Notions
♀↵ϖ†∅↨⊕☺☼↑↓ Apples will be cantaloupes depending on their nurture; and so I cherish rainbow hopes for our collective future. Oranges elect their hue improving Nature’s seal, while pronouns stifle what is true suppressing the appeal. Fruits may choose to change to nuts and fowls select their plumage. Why settle in Tradition’s ruts? Such rigid roles do damage. Nuts in turn, may feel like flowers, picking how and when to bloom. So ambisexual thought empowers androgynes to court their doom. A leopard, too, may change his spots (or turn into a vegan bunny) No law’s tittles, neither jots make Speciesism funny. If you decide to see it so the sky above is yellow. Perceive as pink the grass beneath and better times must follow. Gender? Merely social constructs – preach it to the masses until tradition self-destructs and *** takes off her glasses. Babies need no Dad (nor Mother): sexist labels, obsolete. Love is blind. There is no other. Bats must bark and chickens bleat. Integrated water closets show how far we have evolved: urinary bank deposits (with no member account involved). Foolish thinking from the past (like water being wet, and such) calls for re-education, fast. The State will lend its human touch compelling all to sing the hymn with genderfluid motions… so birds can preen their scales and swim in dry and waveless oceans. (Yet “hymn” sounds sexist said out loud – we ought to sing a “her” instead… no – make that “us”,  since we are proud, lest misconceptions be misread.) Shake a healthy dose of salt upon this strange post-modern food. May God re-set us to default with human common sense renewed.
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I have vowed to no more eat that which harms, And to the best of my abilities, I do so. I see no difference between the cat you pet And the lamb you slaughter. I see no difference between the dog you play with And the calf you tear from its mother. I see no difference between the pet birds in cages And the male chicks thrown in the grinder at birth; They will produce no eggs, we have no use for their lives. I believe it is not the role of man To deem whom should retain their lives And whom should die for a moments self-gratification. Vegetarianism is wonderful, Every little bit helps; less humans eating meat, means reduced CO2 emmissions and less world wide poverty, The grain that could feed a hundred hungry mouths Is not used to produce single burger patty, For a single peckish man. But drinking the milk of a cow, Eating cheese and eggs All contributes directly to the meat industry. Dairy industry is veal industry; Dairy industry; milk, eggs, cheese all supports and prolongs the practice Of killing and eating children. You ask that we respect your choices; but you do not understand that your "choices", Your learned eating habits, Your probing questions of "what do you eat then?!" And your arguments of "But meat just tastes so good" Are directly offensive to all we stand for, And all we fight against. To me, arguing that the taste of meat, Makes the living conditions of these animals ok, Is a kin to the argument that slavery is fine, Because the work gets done quicker if you can use a whip. It is a kin to the idea that **** isn't that bad, Because it at least feels good for the ****** It is a kin to the comment that women are inferior, Because men could beat them in a fist fight. You will instantly think I am radical in my views, You will try to brush them off as the rantings of a crazed vegan Or you will stop reading Because you really do not want to see what I have to say. But I give you only the truth as i plainly see it. If you must eat meat, Hunt for it and **** it yourself, Let it live a real life first, And respect that for you to eat, It has died.
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Dec 5, 2013
Dec 5, 2013 at 5:34 PM UTC
Veganism and Speciesism
I have vowed to no more eat that which harms, And to the best of my abilities, I do so. I see no difference between the cat you pet And the lamb you slaughter. I see no difference between the dog you play with And the calf you tear from its mother. I see no difference between the pet birds in cages And the male chicks thrown in the grinder at birth; They will produce no eggs, we have no use for their lives. I believe it is not the role of man To deem whom should retain their lives And whom should die for a moments self-gratification. Vegetarianism is wonderful, Every little bit helps; less humans eating meat, means reduced CO2 emmissions and less world wide poverty, The grain that could feed a hundred hungry mouths Is not used to produce single burger patty, For a single peckish man. But drinking the milk of a cow, Eating cheese and eggs All contributes directly to the meat industry. Dairy industry is veal industry; Dairy industry; milk, eggs, cheese all supports and prolongs the practice Of killing and eating children. You ask that we respect your choices; but you do not understand that your "choices", Your learned eating habits, Your probing questions of "what do you eat then?!" And your arguments of "But meat just tastes so good" Are directly offensive to all we stand for, And all we fight against. To me, arguing that the taste of meat, Makes the living conditions of these animals ok, Is a kin to the argument that slavery is fine, Because the work gets done quicker if you can use a whip. It is a kin to the idea that **** isn't that bad, Because it at least feels good for the ****** It is a kin to the comment that women are inferior, Because men could beat them in a fist fight. You will instantly think I am radical in my views, You will try to brush them off as the rantings of a crazed vegan Or you will stop reading Because you really do not want to see what I have to say. But I give you only the truth as i plainly see it. If you must eat meat, Hunt for it and **** it yourself, Let it live a real life first, And respect that for you to eat, It has died.
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Speciesism is overlooked. It is really no different from racism and sexism. Animals compare to us in many ways: They feel pain, cry and scream, have family they love and care about. However, they lack voices so cannot act on this themselves, but we can. It is ignorant to believe these animals live their lives to the full, merrily grazing in peaceful green fields and dying a death of no agony when the time comes. Unfortunately, this is far from the truth. Ignorance may be bliss for you but it is certainly not for them. Open your eyes. Born into this cruel world naive enough to trust us, unaware of the living Hell they are destined for when they face the trauma of being torn from their mother and crammed into a cripplingly tiny compartment for most of their life. Endlessly being pushed, prodded and trampled on and off to the slaughterhouse while still an infant or remain in this brutal Hell only to be forcibly impregnated and used as a milk machine. An animal wants to live just as much as us. They are not meat, milk and egg machines. They do not exist to please our gluttonous appetites. Love and protect them like our pets because they are really no different. No being should be born to suffer.
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May 6, 2014
May 6, 2014 at 1:31 PM UTC
Born To Suffer