Ireland has the shamrock
\nand the leprechaun
\nbut also has some factory farms
\nwhere pigs
\nare housed in what can be described
\nas dark satanic mills
\nneglected somewhat terribly
\nand watching back the stills
\nof clearly very sick pigs
\nand pigs already dead
\nbeing actually eaten by some others
\nits now led
\nthe pigs to become alien
\nto each other in a way
\ndirty looking,
\nin each others excrement
\nthey lay
\nthey should never pay
\nthat high a price to humans
\nfor
\nlife in such a morbid place
\nits as if it is deaths door<\/p>\n
it upsets pigs routinely
\nfor each has its own
\nway
\nof what is and what isn’t
\nand some are injured, and they
\nlay motionless in a crowded shed
\nin a lot of pain I’d say<\/p>\n
then others wandering around all lost
\ncovered in black flies
\nothers laying resting
\nif we look into their eyes
\nthey hardly look back at us
\nits as if their planet might
\ntake on such abundance
\nas if it was their right<\/p>\n
Pigs have snouts
\ntheir olfactory sense is much higher
\nthan ours
\nto leave them in this shit hole
\nfor hours and hours and hours
\nmust get into their being
\nthey are clean living and sweet
\nthey hate this kind of vile neglect
\nand the foulness around their feet.<\/p>\n
man exerts a sick control
\na disrespectful kind of role
\non what’s perceived by him to be
\na fat farm slave thats so smelly
\nbut pigs are not in any way
\nlike those remarks
\nthey are clean and pay
\nmuch more attention than he feels
\nin the wild their cleanliness reveals
\na need to dump away from where
\nthey sleep and eat and sit and share
\nignorance is man’s downfall
\nbut here the pig suffers it all<\/p>\n
and its so sad its torment shows
\nthe anguish in those beings grows
\nand man could easily change things for
\nthe better if he knew the score
\nbut he’s an arrogant sod we know
\nthe pigs all of them suffer so
\nin their very being they are alone
\nwith nobody to set the tone<\/p>\n
its hard to reason why the neglect
\nthey are clearly sick
\nand the effect
\nis sharply felt by one and all
\nsick and dying it does appal<\/p>\n
any caring thinking soul
\nwho comprehends the true pigs role
\na factory farm holds much less worth
\nthan the pig that wanders on the earth
\nin a capacity of wild old hog
\nwho roots around, and around the bog
\nnoticing all there is to know
\nand staying quietly in the throw<\/p>\n
where are the men
\nthey could create
\na happy place
\nto consecrate
\na place to sleep
\nfor all the souls
\nwho wander far and take
\non roles<\/p>\n
instead the dark satanic mills
\na lurid place that kind of spills
\nits ugliness into one’s face
\nand this dire horror
\nis your place
\nit is your home
\nyour place of rest
\nthe place that you
\nbelieve is best<\/p>\n
and to see it thick
\nwith rotting ooze
\nwith waste that you would rather lose
\nwith pigs a nibbling at dead pigs tails
\nit quickly shows us this farm fails
\nthe basic needs of these fine folk
\nwho descend into the abyss to choke
\nare not met really not at all
\nand the pigs are driven up the wall<\/p>\n
look at the pictures and remember you
\nif you eat the bacon or a pig stew
\nare eating the agony and the pain
\nand all the frustration again and again
\nthose pigs have been beaten they dont want to die
\nthey just want to live out their lives
\nand why
\nbecause life to them is a wondrous display
\nhaving their babies and passing away
\nits all about life and the passing on
\nof life to the children here when they’ve gone<\/p>\n
but these pigs have suffered terribly they
\nmost are ready to call it a day
\nneglect is the optimum word I will use
\nbut in essence its really that we abuse<\/p>\n
our station because we were unaware
\nand totally daft that we couldn;t be fair
\nfor that would have given a meaning to life
\nmore than the bacon the fork or the knife<\/p>\n
there have been inspections
\nand cruelty reigns
\nthe pigs many died
\nunder successive strains
\nthe farm has been closed
\nwhilst its cleaned up and we
\ncan see fresh pigs about
\nnow free range actually<\/p>\n
for pigs that’s an answer
\na worthwhile desire
\npigs can be happy
\ntheir consciously higher
\nin merit if we
\ntreat them with respect
\nand then you can feel it
\nwe all can detect
\na joy in the sty
\na place that they rest
\nif their is happiness
\nthen ts been redressed
\nwith just a little care
\nand some real TLC
\nwhich makes all the difference
\nfor people like me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ireland has the shamrock and the leprechaun but also has some factory farms where pigs are housed in what can be described as dark satanic mills neglected somewhat terribly and watching back the stills of clearly very sick pigs and … Continue reading