Speciesism - Momentum

we create a gulf

between us and them

within which we pour

our rationalising,

(A meat eater might say -)

«that our lives are worth

a thousand fold

They facilitate a service

incapable of feeling»

(or)

«simply born for food

to dumb to be aware»

vague religious references

incorrect nutritional facts

failed attempts at arguments

we drew lines in the sand

arbitrary and on demand

designating what is «food»

what is «slave» and what is «pet»

the ruling that we set —

that animals must have a point

serve a purpose to their masters

whilst we live out pointless lives

with fervent self importance

when did we crown ourselves

overseers of their fate?

Speciesism permits

us to disregard emotion

It belittles and objectifies

those unable to dissent

to prostitute their bodies

to suffer indignant deaths

to bleed their lives away

to satisfy a taste

the same rule of thumb

applies to generations

who considered some inhuman

based on the colour of their skin