Live animal cargo
\ndig into our heart
\nshipments by sea
\nwhere do I start
\nborn on dry land
\nnow the realization
\nthat now I am part
\nof a organization<\/p>\n
just one of many
\nloaded aboard
\nfeeling the movement
\nthis our reward
\nfor a few years of life
\nshipped on our way
\nreally unsure of why
\nwe must pay<\/p>\n
it is so unclear
\nstanding fast in the hold
\nhearing the engines
\nand feeling quite cold
\nthe rock of the swell
\nI’m queasy al’right
\ncramped up and uncomfortable
\nin the poor light<\/p>\n
a lot of us, nervous
\nin rapid decline
\nthe air we all share
\nits stale
\nits a line
\nthat operates weekly
\nacross to Calais
\nin some, secrecy
\nso we heard them say<\/p>\n
out of the dock
\nin the cool morning air
\nwe all know in France
\nwe will be slaughtered there
\nin a real abattoir
\nthat is our fate
\njust a short crossing
\nso not long to wait<\/p>\n
just a time to feel nervous
\nstanding together
\nwondering, thinking aloud
\nreally whether
\nthe French abattoir
\nis as good as the one
\nin England
\nthese stories are all
\nso homespun<\/p>\n
blood and deep gore
\nits one thing to hear
\nits another to know
\nthat you now are clear
\nyour not in some shadow
\nyour part of it all
\nyour life’s on the line
\nyes soon you will fall<\/p>\n
victim to death
\nto the sweep of a knife
\nthat will shatter your being
\nand end your sweet life
\nand the French will be
\ncutting and cooking you rare
\nyour legs and your breasts
\nand your shoulders
\nthey’ll share<\/p>\n
with some wine in the sun
\nin a great pot of stew
\nmade rich by the flesh
\nthat was once part of you
\nit is a strange feeling
\nfor sentient’s to
\ncontemplate death
\nand what might accrue<\/p>\n
will it be agony
\nwill it be pain
\nof will we just drift off
\nand fall like the rain <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Live animal cargo dig into our heart shipments by sea where do I start born on dry land now the realization that now I am part of a organization just one of many loaded aboard feeling the movement this our … Continue reading