The Flesh of Another
Vegan Justice: Challenging Carnivorous Hypocrisy
Lyrics
You speak of violence
You condemn violence
As blood still drips from your knife
Blood still flows from your violent actions
How can you judge me
Questioning the legitimacy of your judgment
With every meal you take a life
Your meals involve taking lives
Fuck your self-serving righteousness
Rejecting self-centered moral superiority
When you ask if my ends justify my means
Challenge to the righteousness of questioning the means
You turn away from their suffering
Ignoring or turning away from the suffering of others
You close your ears to their screams
Choosing not to hear the cries and pleas of the oppressed
You have no rights
Asserting that there are no rights to claim the flesh of another
To the flesh of another
Denial of entitlement to the bodies of others
You have no rights
Reiteration that there are no such rights
No rights!
Emphatic declaration of the absence of rights
You were given the privilege
Acknowledging the privilege to make moral choices
To make a simple moral choice
Choosing between indulgence and fighting for the voiceless
Give in to the gluttony
Reference to succumbing to excessive eating
Or fight for those without a voice
Or choosing to stand up for those who cannot speak
I am my brothers’ keeper
Commitment to protecting and caring for others
Through me the innocent shall speak
Being a voice for the innocent
May they all reject your callousness
Hope that others reject heartlessness or cruelty
By talon, hoof, fang or beak
Various forms of animals symbolizing resistance
You have no rights
Reiteration that there are no rights to claim the flesh of another
To the flesh of another
Restating the denial of entitlement to others' bodies
You have no rights
Emphatic reiteration that such rights do not exist
No rights!
Final affirmation of the absence of rights
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