{"id":20395,"date":"2015-03-23T14:28:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T14:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20395"},"modified":"2015-03-23T14:35:16","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T14:35:16","slug":"the-price-of-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/03\/the-price-of-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"The price of Beef"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sheer cowardice<br \/>\nCraven spirited<br \/>\nThey bust the Bulls<br \/>\nFine legs<br \/>\nTie it to a post<br \/>\nEach horn pulled<br \/>\nBy perhaps the dregs<\/p>\n<p>These so called men<br \/>\nThese unsoldierly<br \/>\nDastardly quitters who<br \/>\nFind employment killing<br \/>\nAnd they do it all for<br \/>\nYOU<\/p>\n<p>You want Beef in your burgers<br \/>\nYou want Beef on your plate<br \/>\nYou want it in your sausages<br \/>\nYou think that it tastes great<br \/>\nYou forget it was a proud soul<br \/>\nWho loved life very much<br \/>\nA gentle soul<br \/>\nThat was its role<br \/>\nIt was you who was out if touch<\/p>\n<p>That Beef stew kept you warm of course<br \/>\nAnd so it had to die<br \/>\nSomeone had to kill the best<br \/>\nTo stab it in its eye<\/p>\n<p>Death is death my turtle doves<br \/>\nAnd this death that you see<br \/>\nraises your hackles of course it does<br \/>\nIt does the same to me<\/p>\n<p>But I chose to be a vegan<br \/>\nI chose to love the soul<br \/>\nNot turn my back on its torture<br \/>\nAnd employ him in the role<\/p>\n<p>Of butcher murderer shit face<br \/>\nAnd watch him sink and fall<br \/>\nWatch his fearful terror<br \/>\nAs he lets out that great call<\/p>\n<p>In what is utter agony<br \/>\nAs his neck is sliced away<br \/>\nThe evil that is in all of us<br \/>\nWho let the creatures pay<\/p>\n<p>Think of their desperation<br \/>\nTheir hopelessness their woe<br \/>\nIn complete trepidation<br \/>\nDefeated as we know<\/p>\n<p>We leave a million comments<br \/>\nIt sickens us to the core<br \/>\nWe can&#8217;t believe we caused this<br \/>\nAll this blood and gore<\/p>\n<p>Just because we wanted<br \/>\nOur burger full of Beef<br \/>\nOur saliva rich with bloodiness<br \/>\nWe never thought of grief<\/p>\n<p>In it own precious blood it slides<br \/>\nThis is what we do<br \/>\nThe unpropitious inauspicious<br \/>\nPanic stricken brew<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s formidable it&#8217;s ominous<br \/>\nIt makes my blood run cold<br \/>\nI shiver at the sight of this<br \/>\nAnd in my heart I hold<\/p>\n<p>The memory of that panting beast<br \/>\nCrying to the sky<br \/>\nThe hatred and the loathing<br \/>\nOf course I ask you why<\/p>\n<p>The malicious the malignant<br \/>\nThe nauseous the stink<br \/>\nThe revulsion of the feeling<br \/>\nWe are on the brink<\/p>\n<p>Humanity is cowering<br \/>\nIn the ravaged shit of time<br \/>\nThe malice and disfavour<br \/>\nAnd the Bull still tries to climb<\/p>\n<p>Out of each rich puddle<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s nostrils still ablaze<br \/>\nOf course we must denounce this<br \/>\nThis malediction phase<\/p>\n<p>Because we want to feed ourselves<br \/>\nBecause we need to chew<br \/>\nOn living meat on muscle<br \/>\nOn the goodness of tissue<\/p>\n<p>We all are near to peril<br \/>\nTo the abyss darkened with gore<br \/>\nWe watch and sickened by it all<br \/>\nWe should now share the floor<\/p>\n<p>Swim in that poor Bulls entrails<br \/>\nTaste it&#8217;s salty tears<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s rankle and bear malice<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s experience it&#8217;s fears<\/p>\n<p>Those of you who are disgusted<br \/>\nBut turn away and say<br \/>\nI love my Beef then beyond belief<br \/>\nYou have ruined my day<\/p>\n<p>Each time you buy the pristine trays<br \/>\nOf meat from out of the store<br \/>\nRemember this sweet animal<br \/>\nAnd don&#8217;t buy anymore<\/p>\n<p>And if you choose to forget him<br \/>\nThen realise that you<br \/>\nAre building up such karma<br \/>\nAnd every word is true<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheer cowardice Craven spirited They bust the Bulls Fine legs Tie it to a post Each horn pulled By perhaps the dregs These so called men These unsoldierly Dastardly quitters who Find employment killing And they do it all for &hellip; 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