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« on: May 18, 2012, 11:46:00 PM » |
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i just had fish for dinner
faceless and nameless
i mean it was catfish
but with no surname or anything
last night
i had a steak that in its former life
roamed freely and was organically fed
kind meat, meat with a smile
guiltless meat, murdered
but gently so, with
loving aquarian hands
new age tenderloin
that mooed gently into the night
like jews sent to the concentration camp
in plush boxcars with free drinks and a salad bar
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dannen
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« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2012, 01:12:57 AM » |
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Way to twist the end!
I don't know where my meat has been, it ended up at Popeye's.
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constantine
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« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2012, 03:26:31 AM » |
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thanks debbie
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« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2012, 06:24:53 AM » |
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I had 1lb of flounder done Korean sushi style today. Cross eyed fucker was swimmin' in the tank 5 minutes before he was swimming in me bellie! They skinned him alive as a birthday present to me.  |
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war is not the answer - Marvin Gaye
but it's not the question either - ML
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constantine
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« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2012, 01:36:56 PM » |
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should've sent half of it to ghana.
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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2012, 12:04:31 AM » |
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the ref to Jews in boxcars was jarring
otherwise- didn't u mean Happy Feet?
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constantine
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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2012, 12:32:17 AM » |
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i mean what i say and i say what i mean! good to see you back safe and sound! yes, it is jarring and i got mixed reactions - but i wanted it to jar people. i was a bit worried that some might find it offensive. still, this "kinder meat" phenomenon seems to be a guilt-assuager, and, to me, a bit hypocritical. if you're concerned enough about their welfare to insist on free range, i say take it one step farther and give up meat altogether. feeding them a better diet is a good thing, but if you kill and eat them afterwards it kind of demeans your ecological position and concerns. i eat meat so i have no room to talk (a poet though has all the room in the world) but i'd feel better about it if it were grown in a plasma tank or a meat vat.
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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2012, 12:45:32 PM » |
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I agree with Debbie
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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2012, 01:33:54 PM » |
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but wait, I didn't finish my sentence:
I don't know where my meat has been, it ended up at Popeye's....
sitting beside me eating chicken (ba-da-boom)
Just kidding. I think without the last two lines, the poem would be boring.
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« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2012, 03:13:18 PM » |
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i don't know. now that you mention it, the poem works without the last two lines - the point is delivered, perhaps with less bombast - but delivered just the same. i have to mull it over - chew it and see how it tastes.
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« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2012, 05:56:05 PM » |
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>>>loves BBQ'd bombast
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« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2012, 02:27:52 PM » |
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who doesn't?
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