Animals a bit like us
Have eyes to see
And hearts to drive
Legs to walk with
Wings to fly
Livers kidneys
I wonder why
Godly work was carried out
And really what’s it all about
Science cannot make a man
Cannot make a sheep
or goat
The miracle of life itself
Is a wondrous thing of note
Vegan animals
And carnivores
Insects reptiles
The applause
Is thunderingly miraculous
Life itself so beautiful
Eating dead flesh
Every day
Breeding animals
A huge array
Of breathing caring thinking souls
Bred on camps
Is simply poles
Apart from wildness
I can say
The weakest, perish
Yes we slay
Millions of them angelic souls
Throats slashed through
Born for roles
In our nutrition
Experiments
Clothing additions
It makes no sense
Not to me
It never will
Great huge baths of animal swill
Blood and guts
And spirited soul
Sacrificed
Out of control
Slaughterhouses everywhere
For dogs for horses
Some do not care
Deafened to the violent screams
Broken bodies
Nightmare dreams
Mental squalor
The vilest pain
Happening again and again
The supermarkets
Flogging loads
Bits of offal
On our roads
Great huge trucks
Cart victims crying
Sick and cold
Many lying
squashed by others
In smelly crates
Slaughter houses
Record their dates
Short lives of sadness
Manhandled they
Kicked and sworn at everyday
Fed on bad food polluted drink
Punished because these souls could think
Could know could see and of course could feel
The labouring scum who were very real
Raped on the racks
9 months of pain
Babies kidnapped in the rain
To be slaughtered for their skin and meat
For veal it’s real
For the elite
And avid consumers
Or the barbecue
That’s why we have suffered
It’s down to you
Oh carnivores
Who fill thine guts
With furry beings
Tired old mutts
Broken cancerous
Bodily cysts
Beaten babies
It’s done with fists and boots
And pain
Gassed and halal
The bolt gun too
And smelly kill bin
Yes them
too
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Rex Tyler is a Poet, Campaigner, former owner of an organic shop of 30 years, and Public Speaker living in Berkhamsted, UK.