Pigs to Slaughter

 

Pigs to slaughter

One and all

Your pink unknowing eyes

Carried in a Chinese Lorry

Pigs without names

Without feelings

Without hope

Pigs to be eaten

To feed the growing demand

At New Year

The greedy butchers wait

Sharpening their long knives

 

 

 

by Hugh M. Lewis

The Great Wall

Poesy From China

1998-9


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Last Updated: 03/15/05