Sunday, April 17, 2011

Reopening the file of Cain and Abel

Why would God

prefer meat

over vegetables,

fruits and grains

as claimed

in the Bible?

Vegetarians

live longer!


What the past

has proven

is that victors

rewrite history,

and fat and muscle

feed hubris.


Abel, the herder

and meat-eater,

was the survivor

of this ancient

brotherly encounter.

He worded the Bible

to justify his act,

hide his guilt and

blame victim Cain

the crop farmer.


Today, it’s déjà vu

in Darfur,

Janjaweed herders

on camels galloping

roughshod over

farmers, ready

to ram their ropes

and camels through

the eyes of needles

and blind the

eyes of history.

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