{"id":19796,"date":"2015-01-18T23:44:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T23:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19796"},"modified":"2015-01-18T23:48:19","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T23:48:19","slug":"the-ants-and-the-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/01\/the-ants-and-the-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"The ants and the Dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The albino dolphin<br \/>\nInjured by outboard<br \/>\nA tumultuous ocean highway<br \/>\nThe ants and their corporate masters<br \/>\nare marching<br \/>\nAround in circles where they<\/p>\n<p>Are reclaiming land<br \/>\nWhich now they understand<br \/>\nIs a positive but we all pay<br \/>\nDisney was culpable<br \/>\nAt Penny&#8217;s bay<br \/>\nThe Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao bridge<br \/>\nWas  way<br \/>\nOff the grand scale of things<br \/>\nBut we are blind<br \/>\nFerry noise<br \/>\nMud pits<br \/>\nWe leave sense behind<\/p>\n<p>Contamination<br \/>\nFrom the third runway<br \/>\nRemoves the soul<br \/>\nThe dolphins have voices<br \/>\nStill the ants some extol<br \/>\nThe virtues of the infrastructure<br \/>\nreally On how<br \/>\nWe flourish as ants<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the great big cash cow<br \/>\nFor the corporate banker<br \/>\nThe vast profiteer<br \/>\nThey know about profit<br \/>\nAnd cause lots of fear<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins live close to the<br \/>\nWorks they now plan<br \/>\nSo many victims<br \/>\nAnd how will this pan<br \/>\nOut<br \/>\nSoon a tunnel<br \/>\nThe ocean must share<br \/>\nIn North East Lantau<br \/>\nIt just isn&#8217;t fair<\/p>\n<p>There will be fatalities<br \/>\nDolphins they know<br \/>\nInteraction with ants<br \/>\nAnd they will grow<br \/>\nPollutants impair<br \/>\nThe dolphins will stress<br \/>\nTheir reproductive cycle<br \/>\nIs in a mess<\/p>\n<p>Such pressure applied<br \/>\nTo the angels who see<br \/>\nThe ants marching onwards<br \/>\nInto the sea<br \/>\nSoon it will all be converted to land<br \/>\nSomething the dolphins do not understand<br \/>\nWe cannot carry on with this theft<br \/>\nAnd this pain<br \/>\nThe ants and their hordes<br \/>\nSomehow they deign<\/p>\n<p>To ruin the environment<br \/>\nJust everywhere<br \/>\nCausing the wild souls<br \/>\nDoom and despair<br \/>\nAnd it doesn&#8217;t make sense<br \/>\nAt the end of the day<br \/>\nFor each has it&#8217;s own<br \/>\nSo why should wild souls pay<\/p>\n<p>The ants  march in circles<br \/>\nAnd blindly won&#8217;t see<br \/>\nThat the dolphins were there first<br \/>\nAnd there they must be<\/p>\n<p>Left,given credence<br \/>\nThe connection are ours<br \/>\nWe share this planet<br \/>\nEach has it&#8217;s powers<br \/>\nEach has it&#8217;s reason<br \/>\nTo be where it was born<br \/>\nFor to take over everything<br \/>\nBrings it&#8217;s own scorn<\/p>\n<p>In the end it&#8217;s our children<br \/>\nThat suffer they will<br \/>\nWe had the illness<br \/>\nAnd we give them the pill<br \/>\nWe make them suffer<br \/>\nFor the vagaries we<br \/>\nSelfishly mastered<br \/>\nAnd thought we could be<\/p>\n<p>Immensely able to do what we like<br \/>\nBut we can&#8217;t and we shouldn&#8217;t<br \/>\nWe best take a hike<br \/>\nAway from the ocean<br \/>\nAway from the sea<br \/>\nAway from their habitats<br \/>\nNow take that from me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The albino dolphin Injured by outboard A tumultuous ocean highway The ants and their corporate masters are marching Around in circles where they Are reclaiming land Which now they understand Is a positive but we all pay Disney was culpable &hellip; 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