{"id":13002,"date":"2013-12-17T11:34:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T11:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13002"},"modified":"2013-12-17T11:39:18","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T11:39:18","slug":"its-easier-to-look-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/its-easier-to-look-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Its easier to look away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>its so much easier to look away<br \/>\nand get on with one&#8217;s life<br \/>\nnow everyday<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s lot to do<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s lots to see<br \/>\nand cows in the CAFO&#8217;s<br \/>\nand dairy<br \/>\nare lost souls anyway<br \/>\nwhy would I care<br \/>\nI enjoy the taste<br \/>\nof meat so there<\/p>\n<p>that&#8217;s the  retort of most around<br \/>\nthose that walk on our hallowed ground<br \/>\na dominion we all hold<br \/>\nto kill and eat<br \/>\nall those sold<\/p>\n<p>its easier to look away<br \/>\nits easier to forget they are there<br \/>\nbut is it easier thats my question<br \/>\nhow can you avoid despair<br \/>\nit must creep into your mind sometimes<br \/>\nsurely it does when your see the trays<br \/>\nthe sterile cuts on the shelves in town<br \/>\nthey were once friends in so many ways<\/p>\n<p>the point is we can distance ourselves<br \/>\nand not even see what is on the shelves<br \/>\nI have my life and I know how<br \/>\nI can just forget that cow<br \/>\nbesides it is dead nothing I can do<br \/>\nto bring her back<br \/>\nher life is through<br \/>\nnow she can feed me<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s her worth<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s why she came to this earth<\/p>\n<p>besides I love the taste of meat<br \/>\nand the taste of cheese<br \/>\nand yoghurt sweet<br \/>\nI like milk chocolate<br \/>\nI like Ice cream<br \/>\nthe fucking cow<br \/>\njust doesn&#8217;t seem<br \/>\nto be anything in all of this<br \/>\nwhen I&#8217;m eating and drinking<br \/>\nmy days are bliss<\/p>\n<p>its easier to look away<br \/>\nits easier to forget the day<br \/>\nits easier to do my thing<br \/>\nbesides most people want to bring<br \/>\nsomething to eat be it cheese or spread<br \/>\nso who cares if the cow is dead<\/p>\n<p>thats how they feel<br \/>\nthe cow&#8217;s no more<br \/>\nonce she walked about for sure<br \/>\nbut now she&#8217;s converted in to leather to wear<br \/>\nand cream on my fruit<br \/>\nthat we all share<\/p>\n<p>the dairy knows this and participates<br \/>\ndistances us and recreates<br \/>\na void of course who wants to see<br \/>\na cow in a field it has to be<br \/>\ntucked away in huge great shed<br \/>\nfed on soya and sometimes led<br \/>\ninto the slaughterhouse one by one<br \/>\nand never ever sees the sun<\/p>\n<p>thats the way its has to be<br \/>\nkeep the cows away from me<br \/>\nthen its easier not to think<br \/>\nwhose milk I heat up and I drink<br \/>\nthe calf who cares about that soul<br \/>\na sacrifice that is its role<br \/>\nso I can taste its lovely rump<br \/>\nand around my body its blood can pump<\/p>\n<p>butter and cream and cheese on toast<br \/>\nsteak and chips I love a roast<br \/>\nits the cholesterol I hate most<br \/>\nbut there are tablets I hear them boast<br \/>\nits easier to look away<br \/>\nits easier to forget the day<br \/>\nits easier if someone else can pay<br \/>\nits just easier okay!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>its so much easier to look away and get on with one&#8217;s life now everyday there&#8217;s lot to do there&#8217;s lots to see and cows in the CAFO&#8217;s and dairy are lost souls anyway why would I care I enjoy &hellip; 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