{"id":16905,"date":"2014-07-18T15:33:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T15:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16905"},"modified":"2014-07-18T16:03:41","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T16:03:41","slug":"the-bull-and-the-duck-and-goose-fighting-with-diseased-livers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/07\/the-bull-and-the-duck-and-goose-fighting-with-diseased-livers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bull and the Duck and Goose fighting with diseased livers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The expression that art and music has<\/p>\n<p>is intense or can be so<\/p>\n<p>the art of musing and not refusing<\/p>\n<p>to within oneself just go<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>to divorce ones outer ego<\/p>\n<p>from the monetary reward<\/p>\n<p>and think about the animals<\/p>\n<p>and those dying by the sword<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Raffeallo Eroica an artist<\/p>\n<p>of our time<\/p>\n<p>living out in rural France<\/p>\n<p>where Gothic churches climb<\/p>\n<p>up into the imagination<\/p>\n<p>and the prevailing sky<\/p>\n<p>and artists and musicians<\/p>\n<p>and the poet which is I<\/p>\n<p>dream our dreams of many things<\/p>\n<p>and think of those who die<\/p>\n<p>the animals, the massive bulls<\/p>\n<p>the geese and with them cry<\/p>\n<p>the tears forced really out of them<\/p>\n<p>by \u00a0&#8220;gavage&#8221; and the true flight<\/p>\n<p>the arena and the matador<\/p>\n<p>when the days for them are night<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take the Healthy virile Bull<\/p>\n<p>his energy levels very high<\/p>\n<p>he has the power within his soul<\/p>\n<p>on him all can rely<\/p>\n<p>but he is given torture<\/p>\n<p>he is given pain<\/p>\n<p>the roaring \u00a0crowds their madness<\/p>\n<p>over and over again<\/p>\n<p>the mantra of the \u00a0matador<\/p>\n<p>boost his ego so<\/p>\n<p>sharpen up your wits my boy<\/p>\n<p>push your swords real slow<\/p>\n<p>think of those poor gaggling geese<\/p>\n<p>standing in their cage<\/p>\n<p>being force fed day and night<\/p>\n<p>and feeling all that rage<\/p>\n<p>the pipe that scars the precious throat<\/p>\n<p>and the liver that explodes<\/p>\n<p>the artist takes this seriously<\/p>\n<p>how it makes in roads<\/p>\n<p>into what is sanity<\/p>\n<p>depravity and mind<\/p>\n<p>torture for the sake of it<\/p>\n<p>we have eyes but remain blind<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>to the other souls who share this<\/p>\n<p>planet<\/p>\n<p>share this joyous time<\/p>\n<p>but who we steal the thunder from<\/p>\n<p>just so we can climb<\/p>\n<p>out of the pit we make for them<\/p>\n<p>and bow before the crowd<\/p>\n<p>the bull lies dead drowned in his blood<\/p>\n<p>the goose is in a shroud<\/p>\n<p>of pain of the vilest agony<\/p>\n<p>we create, her disease<\/p>\n<p>foie gras farms<\/p>\n<p>devoid of charms<\/p>\n<p>murder done with ease<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and for what, so richer viler sods<\/p>\n<p>can partake of their meal<\/p>\n<p>the pate that will pack their heart<\/p>\n<p>the pate of the real<\/p>\n<p>the bull fighting<\/p>\n<p>in France has a judicial exemption there<\/p>\n<p>and so tradition plays a part<\/p>\n<p>and leads to more despair<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Bull the Duck the Goose the man<\/p>\n<p>its not all part of life&#8217;s great plan<\/p>\n<p>its torture of the most terrible kind<\/p>\n<p>that the artist and the poet find<\/p>\n<p>objectionable and denunciate<\/p>\n<p>such profanity who dares relate<\/p>\n<p>abusive evil blackguards hear<\/p>\n<p>these expressions only speak of fear<\/p>\n<p>they are ominous they frighten so<\/p>\n<p>the unconsoling too and fro<\/p>\n<p>the callous use of entertainment<\/p>\n<p>and great dishes<\/p>\n<p>precious time spent<\/p>\n<p>in an unrewarded way<\/p>\n<p>creating what was a vile display<\/p>\n<p>an unappeasability<\/p>\n<p>so lacking in humility<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The expression that art and music has is intense or can be so the art of musing and not refusing to within oneself just go &nbsp; 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