Be Nice to Plants

from Fresher Tin Villages by KC Bowman

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BE NICE TO PLANTS
The devil is mocking you
When you say that a human life
Is worth more than an animal’s life
Or for that matter botanical life
The civil rights of turnips fall quickly into view
When living things are sovereign beings regardless of I.Q.
We mercy-kill the Dutch elm patients
Why not people who can voice the need
To need no more interminable ICU
But free-range vegetables we can conceptually oppose
We like to see them grown in those oppressive little rows
Would you like to get ahead?
Here’s an example of exactly what I mean
We should know better than to mess with mother n
Furthermore don’t waste your time arguing
Be nice to plants
The witches are riding you
You wake from sound slumber
You can’t move your arms at all
You can’t move your legs either
Synaptic means of pleasure
These are treats you can’t avoid
Fulfilling your desire rarely brings you any joy
The angels beat the pumpkins like the devil breaks the rules
Ecology and collagen combine to save you
I dreamed I heard you singing
You were completely run-of-the-mill
What happens when the cuckolded men refuse to foot the bill?
Will you sink without a trace
When your grants run at least as dry as you?
Have you exhausted all the marriages you can ruin?
You landed with the robbers and the ragged men
They trusted you in god and you finagled them
You hypocrite! Mountebank! Good for naught!
You’re underweight, undercooked, and over-wrought
Be nice to plants

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from Fresher Tin Villages, released January 1, 1998

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