{"id":14332,"date":"2014-02-23T08:26:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T08:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14332"},"modified":"2014-02-23T08:49:02","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T08:49:02","slug":"a-donkey-who-worked-to-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/02\/a-donkey-who-worked-to-please\/","title":{"rendered":"A Donkey who worked to please"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big Tears we share this morning<\/p>\n<p>the sitar we can feel<\/p>\n<p>the ropes are being cut away<\/p>\n<p>the agony is real<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the ignorance of man un kind<\/p>\n<p>who exerts his rotten power<\/p>\n<p>on an angel \u00a0who happened to have 4 legs<\/p>\n<p>who helped him every hour<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>of every day<\/p>\n<p>the ropes cut through the muscle<\/p>\n<p>and the skin<\/p>\n<p>the tendons they were shattered<\/p>\n<p>this man had let his sin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>encompass all his longings<\/p>\n<p>and engaged in torture he<\/p>\n<p>had lost sight of the angel with 4 legs<\/p>\n<p>and that was key<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the donkey worked its butt off<\/p>\n<p>the donkey shed its tears<\/p>\n<p>every step it took<\/p>\n<p>inside itself it hears<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the blood that oozes<\/p>\n<p>from its legs<\/p>\n<p>the scampering maggots too<\/p>\n<p>it hears them<\/p>\n<p>and it feels them<\/p>\n<p>knowing not what it can do<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>if it slows down it gets beaten<\/p>\n<p>if it whinnies it is told<\/p>\n<p>if it closes down<\/p>\n<p>its kicked and kicked<\/p>\n<p>its told it will be sold<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>so it works itself and tries to please<\/p>\n<p>its master everyday<\/p>\n<p>till all its legs<\/p>\n<p>are infected<\/p>\n<p>and its life is just dismay<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Animal Aid<\/p>\n<p>was notified<\/p>\n<p>and sent its angels to<\/p>\n<p>the place where working animals<\/p>\n<p>are threatened<\/p>\n<p>as they do<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>see the need for love and care<\/p>\n<p>for cleansing and to be<\/p>\n<p>allowed to rest<\/p>\n<p>allowed to feel<\/p>\n<p>peace from slavery<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the story it brings tears<\/p>\n<p>a flooding<\/p>\n<p>each of us we know<\/p>\n<p>that poor soul gave its all<\/p>\n<p>to someone<\/p>\n<p>and got blow after blow<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>its poor legs tied together<\/p>\n<p>cutting through the skin<\/p>\n<p>but still it kept on working<\/p>\n<p>despite the awful din<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>despite the dirt and mayhem<\/p>\n<p>despite the weight it held<\/p>\n<p>despite the scampering maggots<\/p>\n<p>until the pain just felled<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>its spirit and it could<\/p>\n<p>not go<\/p>\n<p>another inch, and so<\/p>\n<p>it fell down on the roadside<\/p>\n<p>and let its master know<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>still he bloody kicked \u00a0and kicked<\/p>\n<p>swore at him all day<\/p>\n<p>but animal aid were on the case<\/p>\n<p>and have taken him away<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>he will now not work<\/p>\n<p>he will rest and be<\/p>\n<p>sheltered from the adversity<\/p>\n<p>but working animals everywhere<\/p>\n<p>also share their own despair<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Tears we share this morning the sitar we can feel the ropes are being cut away the agony is real &nbsp; 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