When I Ate Animals - A Poem

When I Ate Animals
A Poem by Jack Truman

It doesn't seem that long ago

When I ate animals

Most people eat animals

I don't anymore

When I was a kid

Growing up

You ate 3 squares a day

Meat and potatoes

Bacon and eggs

Biscuits and gravy

Burgers and fries

Everything was with meat

Every dish had a dead animal

When I ate animals

When I ate animals

They tasted good

Didn't know any different

That's what everybody did

When I became an adult

I ate dead animals

They tasted good

And as I kept eating dead animals

The weight would gain

The health got worse

I passed age 30

Became obese

Got an ulcer

Started getting chest pains

When I ate animals

When the millenium hit

My body was in quite a pickle

Was living in California

Where they say all them there fruits and nuts live

Decided to not eat animals for a month

Just fruits, vegetables and grains

Lost 30 pounds

Did it a second month

Lost another 20

My ulcer healed

When I didn't eat animals

That was my wake up call

The eating of animals stopped

It's 15 years later

I'm pushing 50

And am at the weight I was when

I was 20

Heathier than ever

A vegan for life

It started for my health

Then evolved into morals

Now I eat to live

Instead of living to eat

I thank a higher power

And am glad to say

That if there's one thing I'm thankful for

In this life

Was to find the day that it was wrong

To eat animals

Those days are long ago

And gone for good

When I ate animals