Poems by M.D. Briscoe
“Witnessing”
By
M.D. Briscoe
Loneliness
Madness
A world that would sooner lock me
up than listen
Tragedy
Sadness
That aren’t my own, yet through
them are transmitted
Torture
Violence
Pleading eyes that stare back at me
Crying
Silence
I can’t tell what’s worse,
ignorance or apathy
“Conversing
with Carnists”
By
M.D. Briscoe
“
Turn
away
Find
God
You’re
gay
Eating
meat is the American way
Masculine
men
Eat
beef
And
chicken
Haven’t
you heard that it's finger lickin’?
Protein
needs
I
can’t just
Eat
beans
It
doesn’t matter, they're only machines
What
about cheese
Oh
my God
Think
of cheese
If
there’s no cheese no thank you, please
Plants
feel too
Heard
it once
So
it’s true
You’re
no better than me, but I'm better than you
What
would we do
With
the cows
And
their chutes
We’ve
bred them for this, now we can’t let them loose
They’re
ours to kill
Relax
Take
pills
Do
you really want to die on this hill?
”
“What
Do You Eat?”
By
M.D. Briscoe
I
eat every food
But
animals are alive
I
like them that way
- M.D. Briscoe lives
in Colorado with his partner, two cats, and three dying houseplants. He
believes in building connection and understanding through sociology and poetry.
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