{"id":17262,"date":"2014-08-17T21:39:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T21:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17262"},"modified":"2014-08-17T21:43:55","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T21:43:55","slug":"palm-oil-and-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/08\/palm-oil-and-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm oil and us the orangutans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything has palm oil in it<\/p>\n<p>do you really care<\/p>\n<p>do you check the labels<\/p>\n<p>are you now aware<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>look at us they&#8217;ve captured us<\/p>\n<p>we&#8217;re all tied up in knots<\/p>\n<p>we&#8217;re arborial apes you know<\/p>\n<p>and a bunch of snots<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>took down all our favorite trees<\/p>\n<p>its more palm oil for you<\/p>\n<p>and we are being shipped off to some<\/p>\n<p>park somewhere or zoo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we don&#8217;t want to go there<\/p>\n<p>in some aeroplane<\/p>\n<p>crated up and in that cold hold<\/p>\n<p>its a bloody strain<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and how is that fair really<\/p>\n<p>to ship us miles away<\/p>\n<p>we dont want live no more<\/p>\n<p>we don&#8217;t want to pay<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we just loved the forest<\/p>\n<p>serenity was ours<\/p>\n<p>everywhere was tranquil<\/p>\n<p>all sorts of fruits and flowers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it was an enchanted kingdom<\/p>\n<p>to bask in everyday<\/p>\n<p>we were \u00a0always starry eyed<\/p>\n<p>up there we could play<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>sleep up in the canopy<\/p>\n<p>gratified to be<\/p>\n<p>safe and sound<\/p>\n<p>far off the ground<\/p>\n<p>in some ecstacy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>then we heard those bloody saws<\/p>\n<p>we smelled the smoke<\/p>\n<p>and saw<\/p>\n<p>the fires the dust<\/p>\n<p>the complete disgust<\/p>\n<p>we felt that in our core<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>palm oil all those fan like fronds<\/p>\n<p>darkness was to be<\/p>\n<p>imported into all that light<\/p>\n<p>its not the place for me<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we were brought down rapidly<\/p>\n<p>and tied up as you saw<\/p>\n<p>and we are off to London or<\/p>\n<p>Paris, we&#8217;re not sure<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>that will be something to endure<\/p>\n<p>its wretched \u00a0and we know<\/p>\n<p>sorrowful and downtrodden<\/p>\n<p>and of course we have to go<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we do not have a say in this<\/p>\n<p>our destiny is lost<\/p>\n<p>the harshness and the roughness<\/p>\n<p>it has to be our cost<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>unless of course you humans<\/p>\n<p>start seeing what you buy<\/p>\n<p>start telling these great corporates<\/p>\n<p>that you dont want us to die<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we dont want to lose the forests<\/p>\n<p>its not ever fair<\/p>\n<p>tell the likes of Waitrose<\/p>\n<p>that you now are aware<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>tell the likes of Tesco and Sainsburys<\/p>\n<p>that you know<\/p>\n<p>they are making money<\/p>\n<p>and we are suffering so<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>if you lot can get on our case<\/p>\n<p>then may be some wont be<\/p>\n<p>shipped across the air<\/p>\n<p>or over the blue sea<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we&#8217;re the people of the forest<\/p>\n<p>arborial thats we<\/p>\n<p>live up in the tall high tops<\/p>\n<p>of the great green tree<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>not down in the litter<\/p>\n<p>not in some dark zoo<\/p>\n<p>we don&#8217;t want to be there<\/p>\n<p>and for sure that&#8217;s true<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>l<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything has palm oil in it do you really care do you check the labels are you now aware &nbsp; 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