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As my awareness grows,
my insight into how "factory-farmed" animals
are treated,
the food on my plate
is changing.
As my comprehension grows,
through news reports about the starving,
the portions on my plate
grow smaller.
Because once I know,
I can no longer not know
what I know.
for Sumana's prompt at Mid Week Motif: Food
Damn powerful close, Sherry.
ReplyDeleteMust all knowing be scary?
ReplyDeleteA thought provoking write Sherry :)
ReplyDeleteBeautifully executed.
Lots of love,
Sanaa
You and me both, Sherry! I watch quite carefully what I eat...and eat more veggies than anything!
ReplyDeleteknowing a lot of things can really make a person sad. I can relate to that. sorrowfully.
ReplyDeleteAmen to that! May this poem travel far!
ReplyDeleteOh, yes. THIS:
ReplyDelete"Because once I know,
I can no longer not know
what I know."
Once we knew little of the world surviving in our own small communities and it was bearable. Now we have information overload and the world has lost its beauty and life is not fair, nor will it ever be as man is the great destroyer.
ReplyDeleteSo true.
ReplyDeleteExcellent Sherry! Just Excellent! We can never avoid the truth not even for a blink of a moment even if it hurts and makes us uneasy.
ReplyDeleteGeetashree
True...makes you wonder if a fair and equal world is just a myth.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Mama Zen, the ending is powerful...
ReplyDeleteIt Is a blessing to Be conscious and make others Feel and Evolve...the last three lines are a master stroke Sherry...Wow...
ReplyDeleteI do not, ever in the last fifty years, eaten veal. I feel that way, like not eating them, when I see a load of pigs peeking through the slats on the way to market. I raised a litter of pigs for my FFA project my last two years of high school. Mixed up?
ReplyDeleteDid you know that fur bearing animals, mink, fox, etc., are also farm raised? Then cruelly gassed to death for their pelts.
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such a nice and successful ending
ReplyDeletewell done
good luck Sherry !
Great concept and presentation!
ReplyDeleteOn my grandparents farm we always cared for the animals and utilized their offerings with gratitude.
ReplyDeleteCages were costly as were hormones - what were we thinking?
Yes - knowledge and images are hard to undo once in our head..the world is sobering anf there are always people in a worse position than us..for that we must be thankful of what's on our plate..
ReplyDeleteI feel guilty as well with more we know how food is prepared ~ A deeply thought provoking post Sherry ~
ReplyDeleteWell done, Sherry. The truth is a bitter pill.
ReplyDeleteCognisance, indeed. A powerful write Sherry
ReplyDeleteMuch love...
yes! ~
ReplyDeleteGood poem. If we treat each other cruelly without respect it is unlikely we will treat animals any better.' Man does not live by bread and circuses alone.' The world is starved of spiritual sustenance. Practising a belief system that encompasses respect justice tolerance and caring for all creatures on the planet is the best option. Christian ethic is the answer. Sadly the greater number of self proclaimed Christians do not practise Christianity.
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