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  • IMAGINE

    by LYZ

    Imagine, you’re 9 and living on
    a farm. You love playing with the pigs
    and riding the horses everyday.

    Imagine, you’re 13 and animals
    seem to keep disappearing. You try
    to question father, but he’s not listening.

    Imagine, you’re 16 and it’s your
    turn. Your turn to hurt them, to
    end them after such a good life.
    You end the life of that innocent little
    chicken.

    Imagine, you’re 20 and living with
    your spouse. You’re a vegetarian.
    You hated hurting those animals.
    You try to sop the world of the
    terrible thing. Never again you hurt
    an animal.

    Imagine, you’re 24 and you ended
    the world’s hunger from meat.
    Everyone is eating green and living
    great.

     

  • THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS

    by LYZ

    It’s 5:30 A.M.
    My mind, set on coffee.
    I need coffee.
    To the mug cabinet I go.
    Looking, searching for my mug.
    You know, the one with penguins
    painted on the outside.
    I scurry around the kitchen
    looking for my special mug.
    It’s 6:15 A.M.
    I finally find my mug.
    Buried under the dirty dishes in
    the sink.
    “Now I have to wash it.”
    I pour the coffee in
    and out it goes,
    out through the huge
    crack in the side.
    “Where did this come from?”
    “This is why we can’t have
    nice things.”
    Wasted mug, and
    wasted coffee.
    I get so angry.
    I throw it in the trash:
    no hesitation.
    It shatters to pieces
    in the trash can:
    gone.