Your steak just lying there br Looking up at you br Through big brown eyelashed eyes br Sadly watching the others br In the slaughter house line br All just waiting their turn br to die br br Veal, house specialty br A terrified baby br Wrenched away from its mom br Locked up in a small wooden box br Alone br Eyes afraid, peeking out br Through the cracks br Listening to the tick-tock br Of the slaughterhouse clock br br Roast pork today br Bright eyed, curly tailed br Doglike in many ways br Screaming in horror br Running fast on little legs br Unable to run away br Grabbed up and stabbed br By your stainless cutlery br br Fried chicken on a blue plate br Crowded birds in misery br Stuffed in small cages br Not an extra inch br Of or for humanity br Can’t move around br No breathing space br br And they ask me br Dear Cin, br Why would you be br A vegetarian?br br Cin Sweet Fieldsbr br