Murder on the Grouse Moors

It is the day after 13th and there has been carnage on the grouse moors. All in the name of what some will call sport. We are trying to change that and not just because of this slaughter, but because of the destruction to the habitat and the killing of mammals, including mountain hares, and gorgeous birds of prey. It has to stop. I could go on and on, but I will continue to say that the petition to BAN DRIVEN GROUSE SHOOTING has reached 100,000 and Marks & Spencer have declined to stock red grouse. I intend never to shop in their stores again.

My feelings are summed up in the few words for the morning after, below entitled:

A DEADFULL 13th

the guns are quiet now;
a few corpses remain
in every-mans-land

over the top we will
have to go again
into yesterday's
resumed hell

and so it begins again;
"they're coming"
the cries grow louder
from the beating army

powerless we are;
we have to flee,
fly higher, and higher
to beat the guns

it's an outrage
it's murderous
it's a carnage