Poem -
Chopping Block
Snouts taped shut,
Hog-tied dogs,
Chopping block,
Make it stop!
Boiling wok,
Hacked-off paws,
Amputation,
Feet sawed off.
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Screaming, writhing,
Fractured legs,
Blurry eyes,
Tortured haze,
Keeping them
Alive for days.
Beaten hard,
Skinned alive,
Still awake,
Let me die.
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Chopping block,
Time to stop.
How can you,
Blood-smeared smock?
Watch from Texas.
Watch from France.
World's eyes see
Torture dance.
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Eat dog meat?
Like the smell?
Down your throat,
Slide to hell.
- poem by jenny wilkins
- illustration by nicola harrison
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Comments
Well written, great discription, not to worry, those prisoner humans know no love.
Thank you so much Gerald for not turning the impression into an argument! And for your kind critiqueย
if your dog was drowning in a lake near a kid you have no idea who it is.
and you could only choose 1, who would you save?
Should the question not be, if a dog or a kid was being chased by some Hungary Chinese who would you save? Just a thought. Bit of a stupid question.
Hey JENNIFER!!....I like the succinct, staccato, phrases that build your stanzas...... strong word choices making for some VERY compelling imagery..... somewhat gory to say the least!!.....ALL STARS!!..... well done dear poet sister!!....... LOVE and ROCKETS!!.....T xo ?โณโดโฅโ???
I feel the pain, but for a whole country that does this what we call evil to animals there is nothing we can do, other than boycot that country, or put an embargo on them....and such is the business world, that will never happen.ย How can you drag them into empathy ?...I won't write about murdered children, I won't listen to "ย The Little Drummer boy" song for the same reason, "(moors murderers)ย These dogs..these poor animals..fifty years ago in Britain we would be sad , but not alarmed about drowning a litter of cats or puppies..it happened all the time.ย Your poem is making aware of this horrible, cruel murdering.ย They are cruel in Rumania and Bulgaria to dogs also..and I believe they are in the EU...such is the business world..such is this world...we as humans are not worthy of it.