There is No Such Thing as a Vegan
7 min readAug 24, 2017
WARNING: Graphic images of butchery are included in this article
I swing my heavy cleaver down onto the sticky surface of the stump, slicing through the thin bone of the chicken’s neck with a swift sureness that I have gained only through practice. The chicken’s eyes grow murky as life withdraws from them and blood spurts from the main artery that supplies the brain.