December 10, 2005
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THE VIOLENCE OF EATING
(and no, I'm not a vegetarian)
If we're not vegetarians,
Our meal begins with slaughter.
We kill it, cook it, serve it to
our spouse, our son, our daughter...An animal is killed
and then it's cut up to be fried
(or baked or grilled, or broiled or boiled)
but either way; it died.And once it has been cooked "to taste"
the knives come out again
to slice and dice and chop and mince
the vegetables, and thenWe spoon the food from pot to plate
and with a fork we stab it
We cut it into tiny bites
and with our teeth we grab itFrom there, it's chewed to nothingness,
then swallowed and digested
and what is not absorbed within
is to the sewer divested.Either way (with meat or not)
just eating food is violent
I know it sounds ridiculous
but I could not be silent.© drc 2005
Comments (4)
and yet when we eat... we grow and when we grow we then die and when we die we return to the earth which we ate of.. and become part of the earth peacfuly.. so the VIOLENCE of eating is then justified with the passing of our bodys back to the earth.. lion king got it right its the circle of life.... now thats food for thought
GREAT!! This was AWESOME!! However, how can I ever look at food or cooking in the same oblivious way? Gee, thanks! ROFL
and there went my appetite... lol but a very good poem
Heh... is it wrong that it just made me hungry? That I know can see myself going up to a cow with a knife slitting its throat and then cooking it? Well I guess that's the wolfie speaking...
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