You have me in your sandwiches,
laced with onions, sometimes pickled.
When alive, I'm cute and cuddly
and your sense of humour's tickled.
At breakfast I'm delicious,
with poached eggs and deep fried bread.
but you're such a flipping hypocrite;
you even love me when I'm dead.
You say you love my little trotters
and my snuffling sweet pink snout.
But you still relish me at supper time;
with a pint of frothy stout.
You say you love my curly tail
and my little 'squinty' eyes.
Why can't you be a vegetarian
and stop your stupid lies?
A contest entry
- Shel Silverstein by RatherImaginative.
875 points, ended December 3, 2007, 15 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - TEN THOUSAND POINTS OF RHYME (Now 20,000+) Part 7 Humour by cricketjeff.
1250 points, ended January 15, 2008, 43 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - FUR IS WORN BY BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS AND UGLY PEOPLE by Elenaliz.
1550 points, ended April 11, 2008, 7 entries
Bronze trophy winner
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awesome!i love it!you send such an important message about somthing so bad in such a nice way.perfect rhyme and sweet flow.thank you for using your talent for good,and respecting and appreciating animals.i love the picture,it adds to the effect.great write!thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for your entry in our contest, I like pigs!
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Sue and Jeff -
D'aww...
Very well written, and certainly reminiscent of Silverstein. -
Actually, this fits my contest quite well. This is just the sort of "lament" I've seen in his children's books, minus some of the advanced vocabulary (which does not count against you, by the way
). Sometimes his humor was a little twisted, but that's why he was so well-loved. Your meter and rhyme are excellent, and this is a highly enjoyable, humorous piece. Thanks so much for entering my contest!
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Thanks, glad it was ok.
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I really do LOVE your poems 
Your rhyme (as usual) is spot on and this write flows so smoothly. Well done indeed 
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awww i will be now , i married a 'pot bellied pig' and i adore her xxxx
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