07-14-2013, 07:01 AM
Hi Keith,
Abuse of animals is something that gets me mad. I am not soppy about eating, keeping or even, using animals but I hate to see a waste of life just for the sake of it, for vanity or deliberate cruelty. In my book every animal (even say a cricket in a shop for live feed) should be cared for and given at least a basic quality of life. Abuse of any animal wild or domestic for sport / pleasure is just wrong. Your poem hit an accord and at the same time a raw nerve in me and I'm sure the emotions of many others will run high on this subject.
I know it is the case that you cannot project the subject narrative voice necessarily onto the author, this could just be a poem but I just wanted to say thanks for putting it out there.
AJ.
Abuse of animals is something that gets me mad. I am not soppy about eating, keeping or even, using animals but I hate to see a waste of life just for the sake of it, for vanity or deliberate cruelty. In my book every animal (even say a cricket in a shop for live feed) should be cared for and given at least a basic quality of life. Abuse of any animal wild or domestic for sport / pleasure is just wrong. Your poem hit an accord and at the same time a raw nerve in me and I'm sure the emotions of many others will run high on this subject.
I know it is the case that you cannot project the subject narrative voice necessarily onto the author, this could just be a poem but I just wanted to say thanks for putting it out there.
AJ.