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Posted by Jay Olson
April 6, 2015 -
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You don't need a cannon to kill a deer if it's venison steak you crave.
You don't have to use napalm to heat your camp or cave.
It doesn't take a machine gun to bring chickens to their knees.
We sure don't need a missile to harvest the apple trees.
I wish those folks who build the guns and supply us with the bombs,
Would take a look around to see all the harm that they have done.
Instead of making things of death that injure, maim and kill;
Why not manufacture goods that nurture and fulfill?
How many times I've heard it said that we need to have a gun.
To be protected in our home we must be armed, or kill someone.
I have asked myself these questions--the answers I've not found.
Why does the need to go to war with others stick around?
I'll never find the answer to why mankind feels this way.
The ones who make the tools of death will always have their say.
There is something that I feel is true--it's simple and it's sweet.
The seeds you plant in life will yield the final meal you eat.~Jay o.
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