“Alternative milks
are killing our
dairy farms”
The headline
an ironic cry
for mercy
from an industry
whose cows
receive none
A cashew
is not impregnated
when we want
milk to flow
Almond mothers
never bellow
when their babies
are dragged away
Baby coconuts
are never deprived
of iron and mobility
to tenderize their flesh
We don’t cover
our children’s eyes
when soybeans meet
the sharpened blades
The slaughterhouse
isn’t lined with
the bodies of oats
whose milk
had slowed
Your dairy farms
are dying because
we realized the cows
don’t need to
21 Feb 2020
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