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I have re-posted this as I cannot PIN a poem it seems. It's National Vegetarian Week in the UK and the timing just seems right. Happy munching.

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A Jinjagoliath poem:
23rd September 2021
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Being Veggie :1100:

Here I am.
From top to toe
A meat-free human
Don't ya know 

People asked me
Why the shoes?
I do not eat them.
I'd often muse.. 

But now I'm older
And life's moved on
With larger issues
To dwell upon 

I'll soon be forty
Years a veg.
No highland castle
Or trust fund hedge 

My account is clear.
My conscience too
But still with plenty
More to do 

It thrills my soul
The human-race
Denies nutrition
With a face 

A greater cause
Now lies before
The victims no longer
Just legs of four 

The truth is out.
Our selfish ways
May just have numbered
All our days.. 

And who'd have thought
To cure our blindness
We must return
To love and kindness.

Copyright © Christopher Grieves | Year originally Posted 2021
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Allison Avatar
June 19, 2023 at 6:50 AM
Good on you for sticking to your chosen diet... but I do like my meat, hugs Jan x
Grieves Avatar
June 19, 2023 at 7:10 AM
What are meat hugs? ;)
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