veggie-ism

Once upon a time
We caught and KILLED our own food.
Wild, eh?
Blood and guts - survival,
Hunting - the hunted,
The food chain argument.

But if I could find alternative sustenance
I would not kill more than
A little fish
Or at a stretch, a chicken,
(Though apparently it's difficult to catch one,
Let alone KILL it).

I doubt Coelho's love to breastbone
Technique would work in this instance!

My Mum says she's not a hypocrite;
Knows where it's come from
And would kill it herself if need be.
I don't quite believe her
Which makes me think -

Perhaps we're getting
Softer and softer,
Nicer and nicer,
As a result of these negatives?
Battery farmed chickens
Paving the way
For future chickens and their
Long
Harmonious
Lives.