{"id":16769,"date":"2014-07-12T07:44:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T07:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16769"},"modified":"2014-07-12T07:44:44","modified_gmt":"2014-07-12T07:44:44","slug":"dry-skin-in-the-palm-of-our-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/07\/dry-skin-in-the-palm-of-our-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Dry skin in the palm of our hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the conceit of all this growing<\/p>\n<p>is measured by the way<\/p>\n<p>the balance sheet is showing<\/p>\n<p>the profits of dismay<\/p>\n<p>the ideality of reasoning<\/p>\n<p>the invention of a need<\/p>\n<p>the corporate understanding<\/p>\n<p>and just where that does lead<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the disregard of environments<\/p>\n<p>the abandonment of the whole<\/p>\n<p>complete discrimination<\/p>\n<p>of every living soul<\/p>\n<p>enlightenment and insight<\/p>\n<p>was there for all to feel<\/p>\n<p>but profit was the motive<\/p>\n<p>the rest they did conceal<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>an ignorance of nature<\/p>\n<p>and how it came to be<\/p>\n<p>unidentified and unclassified<\/p>\n<p>unchartered actually<\/p>\n<p>the sanity of all of this<\/p>\n<p>lost in the mists of time<\/p>\n<p>a prophecy of danger<\/p>\n<p>threatening the line<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a courier may have come forth<\/p>\n<p>affirming what we thought<\/p>\n<p>the forest was an army<\/p>\n<p>and in its midst we caught<\/p>\n<p>wind of ugly goings on<\/p>\n<p>the chain saw and the rest<\/p>\n<p>the violence that came with it all<\/p>\n<p>the poet does detest<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it was exaggeration<\/p>\n<p>prevarication too<\/p>\n<p>most were disingenuous<\/p>\n<p>what they were going to do<\/p>\n<p>insidious behaviour<\/p>\n<p>guileful in a way<\/p>\n<p>that tore the heart out of the forest<\/p>\n<p>and then went on their way<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the light had left<\/p>\n<p>the water not precious anymore<\/p>\n<p>the jungle was a tangle<\/p>\n<p>and the litter on the floor<\/p>\n<p>rich with leaves all rotting<\/p>\n<p>composting to create<\/p>\n<p>a medium of life thereafter<\/p>\n<p>which was really great<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>but skulduggery was evident<\/p>\n<p>there were profits to be made<\/p>\n<p>we kind of all were ambushed<\/p>\n<p>by the Palm oil Trade<\/p>\n<p>cheap as chips and high yields<\/p>\n<p>duped so many were<\/p>\n<p>defrauded by the tricksters<\/p>\n<p>who didn&#8217;t even stir<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the forest took a beating<\/p>\n<p>the trees were soon torn down<\/p>\n<p>their pungency and forcefulness<\/p>\n<p>enthused into the down<\/p>\n<p>a crushing really vivid<\/p>\n<p>a vulgarity in fact<\/p>\n<p>as the history of growing<\/p>\n<p>showed how we should react<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the elegance and dignity<\/p>\n<p>gave way for dark \u00a0excess<\/p>\n<p>the oil palm brought its shadows<\/p>\n<p>but no one dared confess<\/p>\n<p>they just had to be resolute<\/p>\n<p>for profits were to be<\/p>\n<p>rising like the froth on wort<\/p>\n<p>that seldom people see<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a wickedness aforethought<\/p>\n<p>many souls would die<\/p>\n<p>the orangutan the tapir<\/p>\n<p>the tiger followed by<\/p>\n<p>the elephant and others<\/p>\n<p>even the chimpanzee<\/p>\n<p>across the many continents<\/p>\n<p>where the palm oil could be<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>destructive to the forests<\/p>\n<p>distressing to us all<\/p>\n<p>we got the ultimatum<\/p>\n<p>our backs against the wall<\/p>\n<p>they lied to us by telling us<\/p>\n<p>the oil was good and true<\/p>\n<p>infact it was their profits<\/p>\n<p>and their pursuit of it all through<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and now so many victims<\/p>\n<p>including might I say<\/p>\n<p>the indigenous and the others<\/p>\n<p>who see the light of day<\/p>\n<p>the corporates have counted<\/p>\n<p>and extended useage to<\/p>\n<p>almost every path thats known<\/p>\n<p>to man including you<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it has been instrumental<\/p>\n<p>in destruction everywhere<\/p>\n<p>the life and soul is lost I think<\/p>\n<p>and we have such despair<\/p>\n<p>the natural euilibrium<\/p>\n<p>was just gambled away<\/p>\n<p>of very great importance<\/p>\n<p>to those players I should say<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the conceit of all this growing is measured by the way the balance sheet is showing the profits of dismay the ideality of reasoning the invention of a need the corporate understanding and just where that does lead &nbsp; 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