People have been killing roaches, stepping on them, beating 'em with sticks
making them pop under their thumbs as they race up a wall,
pulling out their antennae in the hope that they will
get lost and never find their apartment again
that they will err
cross state lines
get run over on a highway or worse,
drown in a body of water!
Such suffering must be put to an end
and protection for these insects and other higher
order animals is needed.
True, you may be an exterminator reading this piece
watching Monday night football or the Super Bowl and
savoring the painless action of witnessing
other neurons get clobbered
synapses crushed beyond repair
in the name of a Sport that exalts and celebrates the tackle -however vicious-
between two hefty, jumbo athletes
Nobody is accusing you to understand the pain of a lower order
To empathize with neuro-transmission and consider it like a marriage
However if you continue to put acetic acid on the antennae of roaches
I will judge based on what I can see (not feel) while
cracking the crusty crab arm that I have disjointed on my plate.
cracking the crusty crab arm that I have disjointed on my plate.
And if you believe that Jane Mansfield
felt nothing at her accident
Due to the devastating head injuries she sustained when her car rammed and slid under a truck
in pre-seat belt full-bodied sedan days
in pre-seat belt full-bodied sedan days
You may have a point
She undoubtedly suffered more from having her career sidelined because Hollywood got
tired of big-breasted bombshells and opted for the heady Shirley Maclaines
In the mid-60's Jane graciously slipped away to Las Vegas
Where the booze soothed the hurt
Just as today's footballers
seek the sooth without remembering what it was all about.
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