Before you even
part your lips,
I know what’s coming
I’ve heard it all before
At least
have the
common courtesy
to be honest
with me
with yourself
with the animals
You don’t care
Not enough
to change
anyway
At least own it
At least accept it
Don’t justify it
with nonsense,
with lines your
society has taught
you to regurgitate
so that you can
more easily block out
the images
of the slaughterhouse
“I need protein”
You aren’t eating a
bacon double cheeseburger
for your health
Your grandfather
didn’t die of
protein deficiency
He died
from the number
one cause of death
in America,
from clogging
his arteries
due to his diet
So don’t bother
thoughtlessly
spouting “protein”
It isn’t original
That ship has sailed
“If we didn’t eat them,
they’d take over the world”
I beg your pardon,
I didn’t think your
excuses could get
any more desperate,
but I was wrong
Perhaps you could
benefit from a
refresher course
in supply and demand
When we stopped
playing Atari,
Atari games didn’t
overpopulate
the planet,
they just made less
“God gave us…”
Hold up!
If you aren’t
munching on
God-given horses,
then your argument
has already
crumbled
beneath you
“It is so expensive
to eat vegan”
The cost of
a can of beans
and a jar of
peanut butter
must have
skyrocketed
since I last
strolled down
the grocery store aisle
Don’t forget
my all-time
personal favorite
justification
for eating meat:
“If we didn’t eat them,
they’d go extinct.”
You are afraid
the little piggies
might die
if you don’t kill them?
“But what
if you were
stranded on…”
I’m not
You’re not
In fact,
you’ve never met
one single
fucking person
who was ever
stranded
on a deserted island
So why would
you make ethical
decisions now
based on an
absurd hypothesis?
“It’s tradition!”
So was execution
by firing squad
So was eating
fruitcake
at the holidays
I’ve noticed that
you’ve been willing
to examine
updates in
other areas
So please,
tell me again
why you just ignored
the bean burrito
and ordered
the beef one
instead
but this time,
without the
bullshit
19 Nov 2018
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