{"id":23113,"date":"2015-09-09T21:48:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T21:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=23113"},"modified":"2015-09-09T21:56:17","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T21:56:17","slug":"african-horns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/african-horns\/","title":{"rendered":"African horns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You don&#8217;t have to be such a genius<br \/>\nTo look into the eyes of this beast<br \/>\nA rhinoceros and tell me its ancient<br \/>\nWhen so many this year are deceased<br \/>\nChopped down and heads hacked to pieces<br \/>\nFor The so called miracle horn<br \/>\nStolen by poachers to flog far away<br \/>\nFrom where most of them have been born<\/p>\n<p>And what is the myth now surrounding this horn<br \/>\nWell its big and its powerful<br \/>\nYea that did dawn<br \/>\nOn me, then what?<br \/>\nwell its ancient wild game<br \/>\nAnd through all these years its looks much the same<br \/>\nNothing has changed creation sees<br \/>\nThis virile soul&#8217;s horn has unique properties<br \/>\nIts keratin and calcium thats not much power<br \/>\nAs for libido forget it they shower<br \/>\nThis garbage about its quackery and<br \/>\nThey all make a killing but can&#8217;t understand<\/p>\n<p>1215 earthlings last year<br \/>\nLost their lives and their horns<br \/>\nAnd the rest live in fear<br \/>\nSo much corruption the far eastern cash<br \/>\nIs like a tsunami it comes just to bash<br \/>\nThe locals the small towns the people who care<br \/>\nWho don&#8217;t have much money<br \/>\nBut are so aware<\/p>\n<p>Of the distinct possibility that if this<br \/>\nGoes on<br \/>\nThen these beautiful beasts will be sadly all gone<br \/>\nThe arrogance shown and the ignorance too<br \/>\nIs outweighing the genius which isn&#8217;t you<br \/>\nYou in the government corrupt as hell<br \/>\nTaking their kickbacks and helping them sell<br \/>\nSome local farmers and others we know<br \/>\nAre not helping the fight they add to the show<\/p>\n<p>Africa is reeling the vultures they too<br \/>\nClouds of them show us what poachers do<br \/>\nThis week we hear a black Rhino cow<br \/>\nWas murdered in cold blood with her calf<br \/>\nYes and how<br \/>\nA sweet little baby imagine that child<br \/>\nMurdered in front of her mother so wild<br \/>\nAn earthling thats been around millions of years<br \/>\nPerfect but for its horn and yea its tears<\/p>\n<p>There are patrols a few guards here and there<br \/>\nBut its heavily weighted towards we don&#8217;t care<br \/>\nThose caring ones suffer financially they<br \/>\nAre broken and lost souls each African day<br \/>\nAt night at full moons in fact any time<br \/>\nWhen these rich bloody poachers emerge from the slime<br \/>\nAnd creep up behind these old rhinos and they<br \/>\nAre hacked of their horn and carted away<\/p>\n<p>Over borders through customs money changes hands<br \/>\nClearly its getting away all the plans<br \/>\nPut in place by the police and the border patrols<br \/>\nIs not curtailing the trade they are making their goals<\/p>\n<p>Its becoming big  business as china attests<br \/>\nIts a terrible business all of these nests<br \/>\nAround are  becoming polluted as hell<br \/>\nFor everyones making their cut when they sell<\/p>\n<p>Traditional medicine the cover is there<br \/>\nMen in white coats dispensing despair<br \/>\nAt vast profit margins most turn a blind eye<br \/>\nWhilst the poor little rhino this weekend can cry<br \/>\nFor its mother as he sees her struck down and dead<br \/>\nWith a bloody great hole  in the top of her head<br \/>\nAnd he gets  a pasting too malevolent shits<br \/>\nThe poor little sod was frightened to bits<br \/>\nNo one to protect him blood everywhere<br \/>\nThe vultures on top of her wanting to share<br \/>\nThe feast and it is a big feast one can say<br \/>\nThe carrion animals will have a good day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don&#8217;t have to be such a genius To look into the eyes of this beast A rhinoceros and tell me its ancient When so many this year are deceased Chopped down and heads hacked to pieces For The so &hellip; 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