{"id":17447,"date":"2014-09-03T19:50:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T19:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17447"},"modified":"2014-09-03T20:32:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T20:32:25","slug":"envy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/09\/envy\/","title":{"rendered":"Envy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the subtlety of envy<\/p>\n<p>can catch you \u00a0unaware<\/p>\n<p>it kind of \u00a0creeps up on you<\/p>\n<p>it really isn&#8217;t fair<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it tries to make one beholden<\/p>\n<p>a chauvinistic ploy<\/p>\n<p>to belittle in a thankless way<\/p>\n<p>to ingratiate \u00a0to employ<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>an avenging or repaying notion<\/p>\n<p>unacknowledged by<\/p>\n<p>the victim who may not believe<\/p>\n<p>that anything is awry<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it kind of has some camouflage<\/p>\n<p>its not easy to be seen<\/p>\n<p>or even felt its cowering in the high grass<\/p>\n<p>just as green<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and this can be quite bothersome<\/p>\n<p>for its often like abuse<\/p>\n<p>and the subtle chauvinism<\/p>\n<p>kind of cooks the goose<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and it hurts and there are victims<\/p>\n<p>its profoundly nauseous too<\/p>\n<p>especially when its pointed out<\/p>\n<p>and you realize its you<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>you have been their victim<\/p>\n<p>and all the while you are<\/p>\n<p>they might just deem to help you<\/p>\n<p>its a kind of working spa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and, you will get pummelled<\/p>\n<p>hurt in many ways<\/p>\n<p>but of course you feel a need there<\/p>\n<p>you are going through a phase<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>in your life, and the need is there<\/p>\n<p>and, so you might believe<\/p>\n<p>its worth the aggravation<\/p>\n<p>to help you to achieve<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>but then again you might think<\/p>\n<p>it isn&#8217;t worth the price<\/p>\n<p>but I say use, don&#8217;t let them abuse<\/p>\n<p>it can happen in a trice<\/p>\n<p>you have to be one step further on<\/p>\n<p>let them think that you<\/p>\n<p>are letting them get the upper hand<\/p>\n<p>when its the last thing that you do<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>envy \u00a0 a \u00a04 letter word that packs a hefty punch<\/p>\n<p>it has scant regard for much that&#8217;s good<\/p>\n<p>and I tend to use a hunch<\/p>\n<p>there&#8217;s a haughtiness about it all<\/p>\n<p>a presumption that insults<\/p>\n<p>a loftiness a cockiness<\/p>\n<p>out just for results<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>of course there is no humility<\/p>\n<p>for the circumstances to<\/p>\n<p>which \u00a0you may feel are stacked up against<\/p>\n<p>the wall<\/p>\n<p>in fact they do<\/p>\n<p>represent a weakness in the patriachal sphere<\/p>\n<p>they will try to get ones back up<\/p>\n<p>and may resort to fear<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>then it all can blow a gasket<\/p>\n<p>trepidation can descend<\/p>\n<p>after the explosive interchange<\/p>\n<p>things they \u00a0can \u00a0end<\/p>\n<p>and the end can be the means<\/p>\n<p>and this means \u00a0it just can be<\/p>\n<p>another door slammed in one&#8217;s face<\/p>\n<p>when it didn&#8217;t have to be<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the subtlety of envy can catch you \u00a0unaware it kind of \u00a0creeps up on you it really isn&#8217;t fair &nbsp; it tries to make one beholden a chauvinistic ploy to belittle in a thankless way to ingratiate \u00a0to employ &nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/09\/envy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethereal-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17447"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17455,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17447\/revisions\/17455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}