Literary Vegan

New Year's Eve I won't wait for the Midnight turn My Christmas candle still burns And the cats tuck their heads in to curl Into shapes of sleep framed by fur. This is the moment I take Into next year of noise and mistakes These halycon minutes, now made By creatures, contented and safe. I am one of them too So I pray with silent gratitude The night crowds will shout loudly soon But my candle lights up the whole room.   Copyright LJ Ireton 2017.

Hatchlings They do no wrong. They hatch, they cheep And start to look around At scattered egg shells And matching eyes, set In hatchling soft, soft, down That we replicate as fluffy toys And put their image on sale As they are killed and thrown as trash Because they were born male.  Copyright LJ Ireton 2018

Copyright LJ Ireton 2017

Watching  Watching  Sea creatures Of the deep on TV In awe of their complexity They build a community These tiny fish  Coloured with intellect Yet humanity's disconnect Puts them on plates Eating The stills of reality. Copyright LJ 2017

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         Man-made shooting stars     Bend their sparkling willow leaves      Bow before the Moon                        Copyright LJ 2017

Milk Get up little one I've licked you clean You can stand now Stand by me. Your eyes are mine My milk is yours Take shelter Under me. I call to you Because the men They take you Stay with me And on my own All I know then Is the space where You should be.   Copyright LJ 2017