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Beneath this skin;

I am not human

I shed this flesh

In the name of shame

I shed this species

In the name of respect

For every life

We have taken from this earth

We are all butchers; plague bearers

The separation of man and beast

Butchers

We are worth nothing

We are owed nothing

We have learnt nothing

The dawn of man bore

Witness to this end

Silent faces turn callously away

In these eyes; sentience is rife

A cry; a smile - emotion we deny

Liars

We are worth nothing

We are owed nothing

We have learnt nothing

Born unto the hands of man

Divide in death their skin and bone

Throats slit bodies fall numb

This atrocity must come undone

A vegan species forced flesh into its maw

Suffocated on the blood of the dead and wanted more

Eyes outgrew stomachs, bloated with greed

Carnivore only in name, without the need human kind is a hypocrisy,

Compassion quashed with unhealthy need

Tell yourself you can stomach their death

Your words cast out on their dying breath

And all I can say is that I am sorry for what we have done