#108 - You and I

Today’s words: Pigeon, China, Satan, Scallop

Word count: 250

Completion time: 23 minutes

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Why do we torment and criticise other animals

For being inferior? Looking at the world through different eyes,

See, they aren’t like you and I, they don’t feel like we feel

Their pain isn’t recognised, who cares if they die?

People screw their faces up, at little pups in China

Who get served alongside a variety of food.

Not to be rude, but I’m over the line of thought

That is shocked and appalled by yet another animal...

Yet another innocent life we carve up with knives

And say it’s alright, it’s justified, because

They don’t feel like you and I.



A pigeon was sat on a bench the other day

And someone kicked it away like it could contaminate,

Like it would be great if they could be cast away

Like Satan from the heavens. Why?

They didn’t disobey but they have no say because why?

They can’t speak like you and I?

Judge like you and I?



We don’t need to buy something to think that we own it

No cash needs to change hands to know we can have it

The scallops on the beach, the ocean deep

Everything we see, we claim just by looking.

We take parts of the world and reduce them to nothing

Just by looking

I look to you and see myself reflected right back

We’re on the attack, you and I

We don’t give a fuck, you and I

It’s in our nature to rely

On things that can’t fight back.

#96 - Little Piggy

Today’s words: Market, Join, Minimize, Specialize

Word count: 106

Completion time: 5 minutes



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As kids, the little pigs are always going to market

But we don’t know why

As adults, the pigs are still going to market

This time we know why



We just don’t care



If we could join these pigs on their journey

Be there to bear witness to their shortened lives

Would we still sing nursery rhymes about these dark times?



The little piggy isn’t going to market to buy food

He’s going to market because he is food



We need more people to specialize and end, not minimize, these animals’ pain

So that never again will we be fed at the expense of the dead

#62 - "Chicken Isn't Vegan?"

Quote from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World ;)

Today’s words: Chicken, Catnip, Love, Friendship

Word count: 311

Completion time: 37 minutes

Summary: Why a good taste doesn't justify death

“You don’t even eat chicken?”

“Chicken is meat...”

“But chicken is so delicious, I love it.”

“I swear it’s either chicken or bacon that is like catnip to a kitten for some people.”

“So you don’t eat chicken?”

“No I do not.”

“Don’t you miss it?”

“Not really...but even if I did, I wouldn’t want to eat it.”

“Why not? If you miss something, just have it.”

“I miss the thrill I felt when I used to break into my sister’s house as a teenager, but that doesn’t mean I want to do it again because I know that that little thrill didn’t justify my actions. Just like taste doesn’t justify senseless murder, you get it?”

“That’s not the same, like, burglary is illegal.”

“It’s the same concept – a thrill or a good feeling at the expense of something that’s a lot more negative. Just because chicken tastes good for however long the meal takes to finish...that really doesn’t excuse the shit that they go through for us. It’s almost like bullying someone because it makes you feel powerful...yeah it feels great to have power, but not at that expense.”

“Yeah but no-one is directly involved in killing these animals, so it’s still not the same.”

“You’re right, but by paying for it and consuming something that is a product of pain, you’re still contributing, even if it’s not first-hand. If people stopped eating meat, there’d be no need for the supply...but since people keep demanding meat, the animals continue to be used and abused.”

“You can’t blame me for something that people will do anyway, regardless of if I stop or not.”

“You’re totally right, man, why give even a little to charity if lots of people are going to give anyway?”

“Exactly!”

“I was completely kidding. I value your friendship, you know, but your views are a little sketchy.”