The end of June
\n1904
\nIn a house in Horsham
\nMy old dad
\nWas born
\nInto the Tyler
\nFamily 8 brothers
\nAnd two sisters
\nMum and dad a new Dawn
\nNewalls pond was down the road
\nAnd it wasn\u2019t long before
\nThe boys went out a poaching
\nWild food more and more
\nCarp and Perch and rabbits
\nBecame the chosen fair
\nOf All the tricks around those days
\nMy dad was aware<\/p>\n
Tickling trout
\nFishing carp
\nSnaring rabbits
\nEthically
\nLittle money
\nWet or sunny
\nFood had to be free<\/p>\n
As for me
\nHarming souls
\nAnimals
\nIt\u2019s not my thing
\nWe kept chickens
\nWe kept rabbits
\nAll of them
\nDelightful habits
\nMy dad wanted me to be
\nA killer
\nBut no he did t see
\nThe need to love them
\nExcept to eat he ate I didn\u2019t
\nEver like meat<\/p>\n
Rhode Island Reds
\nTwelve of them came to be
\nThey locked my legs incessantly
\nBut I would never break their necks
\nNot eat their flesh not me<\/p>\n
Hens lay egss
\nBut some alas
\nEat the eggs
\nAnd why not they
\nKnow that humans eat them too
\nProbably they take the view<\/p>\n
Then we shall eat them
\nSo of course
\nEmpty the yoke
\nAnd then just force hot Coleman\u2019s mustard
\nInside and
\nLeave the eggs upon the land<\/p>\n
The hens may eat the mustard
\nThey
\nDid in fact and so I say
\nGreed and arrogance insolence too
\nHuman beings suck
\nThey do<\/p>\n
He was my dad
\nBut the crap he ate
\nMeat and meat and meat and meat
\nI liked salads. I liked fruit
\nThat\u2019s the stuff I liked to eat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The end of June 1904 In a house in Horsham My old dad Was born Into the Tyler Family 8 brothers And two sisters Mum and dad a new Dawn Newalls pond was down the road And it wasn\u2019t long … Continue reading