(x = space)
x
x
Feed the Animals
x
I wish all cats
To be adopted
And dogs
And chinchillas
Guinea pigs
Hamsters
Snakes
(not with hamsters)
And everything
That makes a pet
x
The rest returned safely
To the wild
To wild places kept safe
x
I know we eat animals
And wear parts
Of them
I guess we have to
Though there are other
Sources of protein
And for leather
So that we could live well
Without the slaughter
x
There are industries
That would have to be
Taken care of
First and well
(keeping jobs,
well, transferring
maybe
transform
if not transmogrify)
Before such universal
Change
x
But we can do that
We can do so many things
We can do this
x
We can restore so many
Things
Establish new traditions
Remembering the old
Not in chagrin
But to say
We were that
Now we are this
x
coda
x
We’d have to feed our carnivores
The large and small
The wheel turns
Maybe there are substitutes
We’d have to find out
Very carefully
And thoroughly
x
C L Couch
x
x
x
December 8, 2021 at 3:51 pm
Good thoughts and well-said.
December 8, 2021 at 5:14 pm
Thank you!