I Took A Vegan Oath To Mourn The Shooting Of Another Proud Male
Not all hunters go for the kill
We contributed the bundles of firewood
so crowdfunded a bonfire and hoped
to dance and sing around it all night,
not to host a barbecue of a gorgeous buck
shot by whoever failed to see,
in the accusation of the still open eyes,
the crime of the slaughter —
the indignity of the crowned head of a herd…