AM VEGETARIAN I SAID...

Told someone
Was vegetarian

She said
Poor man
You are missing
Something fundamental
And
Nourishing
For your body & soul

She continued
You are mad
Out of your mind

Piled up insults
How can you
Eat vegs or plants?
Like goats
Meat
You can't do without
She blurted

Only animals eat plant
Forgetting that
(I am also an animal)
Though of a
Different kind

You can
Build
Your slender body
As if
Only eating meat
Helps
You pile up weight

Follow
Your grand parents
Don't be Talyan
( Italian )
Meaning white

Tried enumerating
The health benefits
But wasn't listening

Simply said
Good
To be vegetarian
My views
Failed on deaf ears
Difficult to convince
This carnivorous bein'