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an old warrior looks upon the land
in wonderment, amazed
for green fields and forest woods
stand where once they were razed
and children play in shining brooks
which once with blood flowed red
near teaming fields of well-fed flocks
where flocks were once laid dead
then hope wells up within his heart
for here he came to die
his armor falls forgotten now
as he treads the path of life
.
Lee Camp interviews Matt Johnson, an animal rights activist with the group Direct Action Everywhere. He's currently facing felony charges for exposing the brutality of the factory farming industry. An Iowa pork producer was using brutal methods to massacre surplus pigs whose meat they couldn't harvest because of slow downs in the covid economy.
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an old warrior looks upon the land
in wonderment, amazed
for green fields and forest woods
stand where once they were razed
and children play in shining brooks
which once with blood flowed red
near teaming fields of well-fed flocks
where flocks were once laid dead
then hope wells up within his heart
for here he came to die
his armor falls forgotten now
as he treads the path of life
.