CANINE DELICACY NO MORE
Erle Frayne D. Argonza
As young a tot I was so
supple and innocent
Did I copiously follow my
oldies who slaughtered
Dogs for delicacy that
they quaffed with liquor
Such was then tradition
that withstood no perdition
For its own commission
would shoot up one’s esteem
As one who can stand along
with the tribes of Pinoys
And so twas my delicacy as
a young man thereafter
Who’d make fallows to task
and earn my keep
Excellent to quaff with
brandy dog meat was
That burned one to brims of
libidinal desires to consume
By late 80s my flights of
fantasy for canine meat
Was scoffed by my own
conscience
No more to eat a friendly
pet I finally decided
Till law comes to ban the
slaughter and eating
Of canine delicacy that’s
now proscribed
The calling of innate
wisdom has come to bear at last
For which we followed
conscience in daily acts
[Philippines, 27 October 2010]
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