CONFRONTING THE BULL: Some thoughts about bovine consciousness and market imperatives

    Something in me is not human:
    a large bull lives deep inside.

    Slowly it saunters across my awareness,
    tail swooshing and grazing with gentle strides.

    Generally peaceful, the bull in my brain
    dreams of great green pastures and huge cow-harems.

    It's not at concerned with philosophy
    nor worried of becoming hamburger meat.

    Chewing cud leisurely as calves frolic by,
    the bull has a serenity my human part envies.

    Alas, reality is seldom idyllic:
    when the price is right,
    this magnificent creature will be slaughtered,
    chopped up, frozen, wrapped in cellophane,
    then placed in a flimsy shopping cart
     by bovine consumers wondering,
    "What's for dinner tonight?"


Nadia: (shaking her head) We should be more compassionate towards animals.

Kasim: Indeed. Although humans are unique in the scale of their social networks, 
       it is worth remembering that we are merely animals in many ways.


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from How Weird: Out of the Box of Expectations by T Newfields
Summary: Some thoughts about animal consciousness and the butchery of domestic livestock.
Keywords: vegetarianism, animal rights, cow consciousness, livestock slaughter

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 2004 in Tokyo, Japan ☆ Finished: 2021 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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DEUTSCH:  https://www.tnewfields.info/de/bulle.htm 
ESPAÑOL:  https://www.tnewfields.info/es/toro.htm
FRANÇAIS: https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/cochon.htm
NIHONGO:  https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/uchi.htm
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ZHŌNGWÉN: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/niu.htm