Dangerous Occupations Poem by Saiom Shriver

Dangerous Occupations



On a list of the most
dangerous occupations
fishing is often first..
Treekilling often
second of the worst.
Included also are soldiering,
mowing and slaugterhouse jobs...
Killing people, animals, fishes,
and plants in violation of dharma
can cause immediate
returns of karma

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Around the world, mowing and harvesting with machines cause
several hundred thousand deaths a year. Falling out of trees, being stung by wasps whose nests disturbed, and cutting onself with chainsaws are dangers of treecutting jobs.
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