What a brave soul hot oil doesn’t deter him

In Delhi so we hear a famous chef
has hit the street
for 20 years or more his hands in hot oil
all that heat
he doesn’t feel it goes to say
unfeeling is his stance
coupled with the 100 kilos of dead flesh
given chance
again he is unfeeling
of the life that has been quashed
the vivacity of spirit
that in the rivers washed
until man un kind trapped them
and they chanced by his stall
to be immersed in red hot oil
really in in free fall
over 100 kilos of dead bodies
make it through
deep fried in his massive pans
and then eaten by you

the chef is most unfeeling
never thought a thing
never wondered really
how the fish did bring
itself into his arena
and be deep fried on the spot
an earthling with a mission
not ready for the pot

the passers by and on lookers
they are unfeeling too
they only think of the chef’s hands
not the fish that went into
the hot oil doesn’t burn him
his brain so dull to it
call it meditation
or call it basic shit

i hate to see these animals
caught in trawls each day
squashed on one another
and being made to pay
delicate wee beings
who loved the sea as they
were part of all existence
in their work and in their play