{"id":22903,"date":"2015-08-30T23:31:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T23:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=22903"},"modified":"2015-08-30T23:49:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T23:49:00","slug":"preparations-for-the-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/08\/preparations-for-the-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparations for the protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just checked all my batteries<br \/>\nAnd my megaphone sounds great<br \/>\nI have inflated my big dolphin<br \/>\nWho really cannot wait<br \/>\nMy dolphin mask is by my bed<br \/>\nReminding me he is there<br \/>\nAnd the placards are standing<br \/>\nClose by against a chair<\/p>\n<p>So I am ready with my extra bits<br \/>\nAnd now its only me<br \/>\nAm  I ready to go to London<br \/>\nAnd fight for their liberty<br \/>\nTo stand there In All that traffic<br \/>\nAnd bellow out the stuff<br \/>\nTell Japan to stop the slaughter<br \/>\nFor we have had enough<\/p>\n<p>Drive down use the hotel park<br \/>\nAnd walk across the street<br \/>\nGet a seat to sit on<br \/>\nTo protect my aching feet<br \/>\nCharge up all my batteries<br \/>\nOn my I pad and my phone<br \/>\nAnd get some memorable pictures<br \/>\nTo use when I am alone<\/p>\n<p>Standing on that pavement<br \/>\nIn front of the embassy<br \/>\nThats 101 to 104<br \/>\nin Piccadily<br \/>\nLets encourage the horns to honk a bit<br \/>\nAs they all go by<br \/>\nStop the slaughter in the water<br \/>\nThats to be our cry<\/p>\n<p>The embassy is working<br \/>\nBut we will try to make<br \/>\nThem realise we are out here<br \/>\nFor the dolphins sake<br \/>\nThey may be suffering in Taiji<br \/>\nBut we will do so here<br \/>\nWe will take it to them<br \/>\nAnd just draw out some fear<\/p>\n<p>The dolphins in the water<br \/>\nThe dolphins they will know<br \/>\nOur auric veil spreads over<br \/>\nThe sky and they will grow<br \/>\nThe chants the bells the whistles<br \/>\nAll of them will come<br \/>\nThe horns the sirens raging<br \/>\nAnd the sound of each drum<\/p>\n<p>Those steel rods in their back bones<br \/>\nWiggled for extra pain<br \/>\nAnd the wooden studs banged in hard<br \/>\nWithout pain theres no gain<br \/>\nThats  their ugly mantra<br \/>\nWhat else can they do<br \/>\nBut torture them and murder them<br \/>\nAnd turn the cove once blue<\/p>\n<p>To crimson from their leaking bodies<br \/>\nUnder the tarps they<br \/>\nAre being tortured being hammered<br \/>\nMade to fade away<br \/>\nThats those  they want for eating<br \/>\nThe others are to be<br \/>\nSold off to the highest bidder<br \/>\nSea World perhaps we will see<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 300 poems written about Japan<br \/>\nAnd its dark involvement<br \/>\nAnd no doubt its plan<br \/>\nTo carry on the slaughter<br \/>\nThe torture and some more<br \/>\nAnd to carry on the capture<br \/>\nAnd kind of just ignore<\/p>\n<p>All of us protestors<br \/>\nBut we are there to be<br \/>\nHeard and seen and noticed<br \/>\nAt this point we are still free<br \/>\nUnlike our friends the dolphins<br \/>\nWho are made slaves to the men<br \/>\nWho will torture who will murder<br \/>\nWho will sell off really when<\/p>\n<p>Someone makes them  an offer<br \/>\nThat they cannot take down<br \/>\nThen they are shipped to god knows where<br \/>\nEven to your town<br \/>\nWhere ever there is a corrupt place<br \/>\nA circus or a tank<br \/>\nTaiji will send them to be tortured<br \/>\nYES Its Taiji you can thank<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just checked all my batteries And my megaphone sounds great I have inflated my big dolphin Who really cannot wait My dolphin mask is by my bed Reminding me he is there And the placards are standing Close by &hellip; 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