What’s For Dinner?

Tantalizing
sodium sulfite prawns,
pink as the effluent lagoons
their factories are famous for. 

Such harmless chemicals
form neon lakes
and a shrimp
cocktail
to die for. 

Perfectly preserved, 
the shrimps travel
for miles
and miles,
and miles, and
when they reach their
destination intestine,
will you recall that
we are all connected?

There is nothing 
natural
about your
complexion.

Please,
do not 
make a scene, 
do not choke
on the black veins
of your
pink lunch.
Might you try
the shark fin soup
instead?

We prefer to
hide the
true costs
from the view
of our
customers, 
what they 
do not see
will 
hurt 
them.
 
Anyone 
for 
seconds?

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This poem is inspired by the recent news out of Argentina, where a lake and adjacent waterways have become polluted with waste water from fish factories, turning the water neon pink. See the article here.

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