Our Place on Earth is currently making a film about intensive farming in France. After filming inside an intensive chicken farm a couple of weeks ago I wrote this poem :

The chickens at KFC

A family meal you share
A special treat, a night out
But maybe, you don’t know
About the story of millions
Who pay so dearly for that special treat

Thousands of our feathered friends
Side to side crammed together
The stench so bad
Can you just imagine?
Living in your own shit with
Your brothers and sisters

Just 6 weeks old
When a journey is taken
To that forbidden place
That untalked about place
The abattoir

Please open up to the truth
They are not “meat”
They are “dead” beings who once lived
Living beings who had a
Chance to live just like you
With family and friends
Sharing a special meal

They breathe, they eat, and they love
They feel happiness, sadness
They are curious, they explore
They move to music
They have babies
They have loves
They have friends
They are individuals with personalities
Our chicken friends
Who share this earth