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American West

The true story of the American west Is one of killing field slaughters and waste The bison killers worked day and night They were all busier than a kennel full of dogs in heat The bison had never seen anything equaling this And therefore knew nothing of how to resist Their bodies piled up on prairies by the millions While human beings continued their killings Humans had no thought about an animal's soul Mention of such would have laughed them into a slop bowl This all points out a basic flaw in the nature of man The evidence was there since man's time on earth began Animals to Man are just mechanized bodies of meat and fur Causing no lapse of conscience for killings humans incur But human beings think to improve Mother Nature's rules What they forget is this mother suffers no fools When Man becomes comfortable in his unnatural habitat Then mother will send earthquakes and floods to level Man flat

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 8/14/2016 11:20:00 PM
So true...I like it too. I think I'll follow you!
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Elizabeth Smith
Date: 8/14/2016 11:31:00 PM
Well thanks very much Carole. I was quite surprised to find this poem was picked-it was sort of a long time ago but my feelings haven't changed

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