China Made From Bones Poem by Saiom Shriver

China Made From Bones



We had never known

that bone china

is made with bones

of murdered beings

who no longer

their own bodies own.



Some eat cow parts

on a plate

containing ash

of her cow sister's

pate.

China Made From Bones
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: food
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'Bone china is...made from bone—cow bone in particular, although in rare cases you could be eating off of a plate made from a dead person.' From the knowledgenuts.com site




http: //knowledgenuts.com/2013/12/27/difference-between-fine-china-bone-china-and-porcelain/
Bone china is, as its name suggests, made from bone—cow bone in particular, although in rare cases you could be eating off of a plate made from a dead person.



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