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8 poems
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QUEUED
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When soon to be slain
cows pigs and sheep are subdued
By kickers and shockers
they are roughly queued
One by one they are murdered
ringed by the rude
They are crudely skewed
and cruelly screwed
so that their flesh
 falsely called food

can be quickly chewed
and into bits stewed
May we soon read
that the cows have sued.
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TREMBLING
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water trembling
at a glass brim
soul trembling
at destiny rim
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SHRINE SACRIFICE  rewritten
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They destroy future forests
in burning cones of pine..
the Godcarved little
Shinto shrines.

In them and all trees

sacred
green light shines

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Footnote:
One factor in postwar starvation
in South Korea and ongoing
hunger in North Korea as well
is the cutting of trees for
firewood. The Sahara was created
by Roman empire deforestation for
ships.
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GOLD STARS
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Everywhere the wind
arrays
Mother Earth
with gold star A's.
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POEM RULES
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A poem need not
have meter
It need not have rhyme
nor beauty nor power
nor be judged sublime.
It need not be long nor
display brevity....
only that it give
 its writer levity.
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WHAT OF INDIA
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 India is birthplace of 4 of the world's
great religions which sustain
Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains.
India is the birthplace also of Sanskrit,
the mother of all IndoEuropean
languages. Sanskrit is the only
language whose syllables when
sounded match the pattern of the
written syllable. Sanskrit has
been described by British occupier
judge William Jones as 'more perfect
than Latin, more copious than Greek,
and more exquisitely refined than
either'.

India has more English speakers
than the United States. It has a higher
percentage and number of vegetarians
than any other country.. Over 450
million people abstain totally from
animal and fish flesh.

It is permeated by the subtlety of
spiritual meditation, and the nonviolence
of its people.
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DEFORESTATION
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The History Channel, owned by ABC-Disney*, promoted
forest destruction for an hour on November 19 with alumber industry commercial disguised as a documentary, despite record

forest fires and drought caused by lumber industry deforestation.

The longlasting ad failed to mention all of the dangers
and disadvantages of killing trees for wood and paper.

1. Fire
2. Drought caused by deforestation which removes trees whose evaporation
helps the rain cycle
3. Mudslides
4. Global heating
3. Termites
4. Tornado (Stone structures last longer)
5. Wood structures need paint.
6. Stone structures can last thousands of years.
7. Animal agony (squirrels, raccoons, birds of many species
smashed when trees are cut down)
8. Habitat destruction
9. Stone, brick, block, stucco are some of many alternatives better insulated and therefore
with less energy cost.
10. Wood is strong in one direction only, one reason that martial arts instructors can hand chop it as long as they chop in

the weak direction.
The History Channel spread disinformation in saying that wood pilings are the only
solution for New Orleans building. Metal, stone, concrete are
some of the better alternatives than rotting wood.

Some Wall Street banksters and hedge funds are invested in mass deforestation which
they call 'forest products'. They want to control the supply of paper for the warmongering media in which they are

invested.

Oregon State University is involved as are some other colleges and universities in
treekilling. Oregon is the nation's biggest tree killer.

*Although it is against the law for a nonAmerican company to own
tv and radio stations in the US, Disney is partly owned by Shamrock
Holding of Tel Aviv. Though Walt Disney was an animal protector,
ABC Disney advertises the hunting he despised.

INDUSTRIES, CORPORATIONS INVOLVED IN TREE KILLING

1. Newspapers, magazines, books
2. Toilet paper, paper towels
3. Copier paper, greeting cards
4. Matches (inexpensive lighters are available)
5. Construction
6. Charcoal made from wood
7. Woodburning stoves
8. Boats, canoes, kayaks
9. Cattle, sheep, and other slaughter industries cause deforestation as the animals
eat sapling trees, reported a UN environmental panel and tens of thousands of
other books, articles, studies.

The killing of trees for Roman shipbuilding caused the Sahara Desert. The cutting of trees
for firewood and fuel caused post WW2 starvation in N and S Korea. It is still a factor in
N Korea. Ancient Greeks had to abandon certain harbors, so great was the silt buildup
from the erosion caused by treecutting. Throughout history, many cultures have destroyed
an area by treecutting and moved as a result.

ALTERNATIVES

1. Paper made from cotton lasts several hundred years. One is lucky if tree paper lasts
60 years. Rice paper is one of many other less violent paper sources.
2. In building, brick, block, stone, stucco, cement, metal are materials which
are less vulnerable to fire, rot, more insulated, less vulnerable to insect damage.
3. The more fruit and less meat one eats, the better for the planet as well as the health
of human beings, animals, birds, trees etc.
http://spot.acorn.net/fruitarian
4. Cessation of mowing also helps baby trees to grow. Plant a nomow lawn.
http://www.sunset.com/garden/garden-basics...wn-00400000029/
Michael Pollan who kills trees with every column he writes in the NY Times, nevertheless
has joined the antimowing movement
http://michaelpollan.com/articles-archive/...-against-lawns/
http://a.allpoetry.com/column/9722775-66_R...ow_Down_Lawns_O

The History Channel is notorious for rewriting history to conform to the financial and
political interests of its owners.
See also:
http://spot.acorn.net/fruitarian

-saiom shriver-

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UTERI

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We were born
of 1 not
2 uteri
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my beloved twin,
you and I

Now you
hover round
me like
a sun shining
on me
from all sides.

(to E Daughterty,
Clara T, and other
twins whose birthmates
left for God first)

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-saiom shriver-