an old rusty tub
of many decades
overloaded and of course
It went and sank
leaving Suakin
on the red sea
bound for jeddah
in Saudi thank
our lucky stars
the 15800 sheep
died together in the sea
in jeddah they would have
been carved up
and all that done
individually
halal sadly takes no prisoners
a prayer and throats cut through
a real sore route to Heaven
so theirvdrowning in the blue
overloaded tragically
8000 should have been
on that boat
greed took control
it really was obscene
live exports account for two billion
animals each year
it is a horrendous journey
where agony and fear
and injury and dying
is all matter of fact
.many many die on board
its how sad souls react
carnivores should open up
and realise their sin
their guts are laced with evil
no way can they win
animals so threatened an ugly
journey where
animals are slaughtered
in what is extreme despair.
Rex Tyler is a Poet, Campaigner, former owner of an organic shop of 30 years, and Public Speaker living in Berkhamsted, UK.