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Why I Am Not a Vegan
by Vincent O'Connor
the fierce Great White Shark has cadaverous choppers
to gnash and to gnaw careless swimmers, beware!
and great cats will stealthily glide through the grasses
then pause and then leap and then rip your throat bare
some snakes they will stalk you and with their mouth seize you
to hug you and squeeze you until they engorge
while crocs they will patiently stalk from the water, to
drag you and drown you (I'm so sorry, George)
but the deadliest beast you are like to encounter
in fields or in pastures unthought of 'til now
is the food machines processing grass into milk
the ineffable, effable, everyday cow
brown eyes and cute moos and an air of tranquility
munching their cud but if you only knew
laying deep underneath that veneer of decorum
the execrable, odious things cows will do
they'll ingest cuddly kittens and freshly hatched chickens
and with nary a care, expectations they’ll flout
they’ll maul you and biff you and stomp you and bop you
alone or in groups so you’d better watch out!
don’t try to caress them or cuddle or mess with them
feel up and milk them their ire to arouse
for statistically speaking to score a long life
you should swim with the sharks and not run with the cows
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