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Vegetarian for me, but also, the bees

By Katelin Romick

 

For me, it is easy

I do not eat any

Beings that scream for mercy

I am no carnivore

I am no cannibal

I am simply me

Although I care for the bees and saving our trees

World peace

You can see

I care as I stare at agricultural scares within our planetarium

You can see

Everyone thinks that animals grow out of trees

This isn’t surprising to me

But I SEE

People don’t care unless it satisfies their needs

People eat whatever they see

Unless it’s people like you and me

A decade

A century

A millennium

By this time our planet will become uninhabitable

Only a memory

Our bodies will morph into the remains of leftover meatloafs past

What about the bees you ask?

Oh who cares

We are only going to destroy their paths

What do bees do anyway?

Coffee, Hazelnut, Chocolate

Without the bees means no plants, no trees

No food and allergies

But that isn’t all;

Genetically Modified Organisms is how we’ll also fall

Imagine this

A fish you are allergic to but can’t dismiss

DNA mixed with your fresh side of corn

EXCEPT it is plausible

You have been forewarned

It’s called Genetic Engineering

No worries!

No bees

Leads to no trees

No pollinating things,

No food

–

No means to eat until you please

Until you are soon diseased

By that of bolognese

 

 Katelin is a senior Marketing student at Heidelberg University located in Tiffin, Ohio. She loves to research, write, network with people, and be open-minded. Her hobbies include snowboarding, mixed martial arts, yoga, and living a vegetarian lifestyle. She is originally from Cleveland, Ohio and loves the city. This is the first poem that she has produced and is grateful to be published by Blue Marble Review.

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