Cruelty

Cruelty

A Poem by Letemdangle
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We are all Resources. This is a contrast poem.

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Jean-Leon Gerome's oil painting Slave Auction or Slave Market in Rome c.1884

The animals are produced by excretion.

We gather them in clusters,

to train them to behave as herds.

We build fences to keep them from escaping.

There are many rules and protocols needed to run a good farm.

The animals catch on quickly,

They soon learn where to go and not to go.

Eventually their day, was just like the day before and the day ahead.

We place them in small stalls,

built precisely for them.

We line it with papers for them to regurgitate,

the food we have given.

The animals need lots of antibiotics and vaccines,

that make them bigger and more productive.

Eventually the animals are ready for commercial use.

Some become beast of burden,

Some are used to make products,

Some go to laboratories to test someone's idea.

Others are bred to make medicines,

And the ones we look forward to the most,

the ones that get slaughtered into hamburger,

in the name of peace.

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The children are produced by birth.

We gather them in clusters,

to train them to behave as a group.

We build fences to keep them safe.

There are many rules and protocols needed to run a good school.

The children learn quickly,

They soon learn what to do and not to do.

Eventually their day, was just like the day before and the day ahead.

We place them in small desks,

built precisely for them.

We give them papers and books for them to regurgitate,

the thoughts we force on them.

The children need lots of antibiotics and vaccines,

that make them bigger and more productive.

Eventually the children are ready to go to work.

Some become laborers,

Some become line workers,

Some become researchers to test someone's idea.

Others become doctors and create medicines,

And the ones we should value most,

are ones that get slaughtered into hamburger,

in the name of peace.

© 2011 Letemdangle


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wow! good poem.. i love how it goes and completely agree with it. :)

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1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

i agree, this is fantastic, amazing style, format, wording... god everything about it was incredible!

Posted 13 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

What can I say?! Letemdangle is pure brilliance. I do not think anyone could make a better description of how people can act upon as animals from their blinded, tunnel vision ways.

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Letemdangle
Letemdangle

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