Haiku

Mm-hm.

...I did write a few, we're experimenting here after all.

I
canned cows
just in case
we run out of live ones


II
the vicar sneezes
"Bless you"
says the crucifix


III
grey office cubicles:
the boxes
we don't think inside

she asks the price
grapes abundantly shown with pride
sensual lips





another experiment: 4 8 4

Originally Posted by OrchestraInside

...I did write a few, we're experimenting here after all.

I
canned cows
just in case
we run out of live ones

HAHAHAHAHAHA I like this.

The cows don't!

Originally Posted by OrchestraInside

The cows don't!

Trust me. This beats Eid.

Glad I could indulge you. I generally prefer live cows to dead ones.

Originally Posted by OrchestraInside

Glad I could indulge you. I generally prefer live cows to dead ones.

Not vegetarian are you?

Not anything really, though very conscious about the health, environmental and moral issues involved. I've been fruitarian and if I could live in Thailand, I'd pretty much be it again. With whatever I happen to fancy on the side, I'm not dogmatic about it. When I live in cold countries such as the UK, I try to stick to whole vegan foods, nothing fancy - sweet potato soup, salads, preferably not grains but when you're on a tight budget, grains are cheaper than anything else. Seafood happens, chicken occasionally but I do make an effort of not eating mammals, and mostly as few animals as possible. Preferably no dairy, no beans, no lentils - they don't sit well with me.

I don't like to cook

Sounds troublesome to be honest, do you not miss them? Also, with cows producing high levels of methane, how can that be an environmental issue?

No. If I miss something, I generally eat it. I do miss Thai fruits terribly, but, well, I'm stuck here for the time being. O, what wouldn't I give for a perfectly ripe Khadum Thong durian...! Or a bunch of deliciously flowery Ma-ha-cha-no mangoes, ahh...!

I'm very ascetic in many ways, not out of stoicism but simply because I don't care. Ideally, I'd live near a nice beach on an island in southern Thailand and carry everything I own in a small rucksack. The things I really, really, really do care for are things I carry with me anyway - contemplation, thought, love, writing; as for nature, it cannot be carried anyway.

I don't get your second question. Cows are obviously an environmental issue, no?

So - what are you doing here?

I meant, how does not eating cows help reduce environmental concerns?

Now what was the last line? Sensual lips?

Ah, gleaming stars.

Gleaming stars
diamond pinpricks
studded skies

Stuck financially (and, for the time being, legally), until I <sarcasm> write my way to stardom and millions of £££'s whereupon I'll promptly land myself in Thailand </sarcasm>.

As for your second question, it's a whole universe of causes and effects, and the simplest shortcut to a meaningful answer is "don't eat them". The industry behind most food production is incredibly destructive in every sense imaginable, and beef production is the single worst of the lot. The best option is, obviously, to educate yourself - for most, a very, very painful and life-changing experience. Even if you don't care about the ethics of killing animals for sustenance - and I'm personally somewhat ambivalent about that. Even if you only do it so mankind still has a chance of existing in 2150, and civilisation a chance of surviving beyond this century.

If I should put myself bluntly, I'd say I would like my children to have a life worth living, and the least I can do is try my best so I can look them in the eyes once they've grown up and understand what's facing them and say "I did my best" with a clear conscience, even if we, as a species, fail. Knowing what I do, anything less would be not only unethical, it would be outright hideous.

Food Inc. is an easy beginner, taking a quick glance at the most obvious questions. It bears sad testimony to man's nature that most people react to these things with "too much information" and choose to ignore the facts. I might do so myself if I didn't have children - they are only 5 and 8 and they, too, want to live a life worth living, not Somalia-like conditions, and they deserve a good life. I would be a monster if I didn't care.

studded skies
full of dying stars
giving birth

Giving birth
To smiles, so painful
Depression

depression
you nasty old friend
hold me now

Hold me now
Said the little sparrow
Broken wing

Originally Posted by OrchestraInside

... Ender's Game ...

I read (and loved) that book when it was more or less "new", and have been disappointed in everything that Card wrote after it.

Originally Posted by VivaPalestina

"I generally prefer live cows to dead ones"
Not vegetarian are you?

FYI, OI y todos: If you ever had(ve) the opportunity to try one of my grilled New York Strip steaks: Well, I'm just saying. You'll never look at a cow the same way again. ^-^

PS: OI, nearly is just 2 syllables. The ea is a dipthong, represented by the IPA as "ɪə̯". The root near is a phonetic parallel of here, beer, tear, tier, and so on.

Edit: I must've skipped a page earlier. I just caught your extended conversation with Frankie.

Broken wing
on spiraling winds
eyes wide shut

(Too weird.)

At play in the fields of Haiku (skip this one)...

Starlight streaks the night (5)
painting dreams on darkened soul (7)
like divinity (5)

Again the raven (5)
crashes confidence anew (7)
just as hope is born (5)

Never mind (3)
the dying heart breathes (5)
borrowed dreams (3)

Take
this heart
dear