Salburun or “Hunters Zest”
when hunters come and are seen to test
their ancestral skills
where tradition thrives
where ancestral spirit still survives
I understand such festivals
but when the cruelty overflows
when a wolf is tied to a pole
its mouth tied shut
and then this soul
is attacked with by a Golden Eagle
and a Hunting Dog
this is not culture
no one dare flog
such heinous principles to me
this is bloody infamy
this is baseness
there’s no skill
really unless ones heartless
thrill!
there’s no thrill in cruelty
for its own sake
its purgatory
Excuses there are no excuses
bar for rather sordid juices
really of a sexual nature
that appears to me
to be the only outcome really
torture and so very nearly
drawing into evil thoughts
nothing else in fact purports
other than a demented view
it isn’t natural to try and screw
a Wolf with and Eagle and a Hound
and leave it ravaged on the ground
it is not skillful
it is wilful
and we
look upon you so badly
to make a Dog and an Eagle
maim
a wild Wolf in
some sick vile game
no chance the Wolf
no chance at all
its just murder
and it does appal
as for your ancestors
I would say
they too would be sick
in their guts to pay
any respects to what you do
in their name
poor judgement just comes through
so end this squalor
give them peace
and give the earthlings
due release