{"id":23616,"date":"2015-10-01T11:58:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T11:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=23616"},"modified":"2015-10-01T12:02:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T12:02:06","slug":"sea-world-on-the-goldcoast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/sea-world-on-the-goldcoast\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea World on the Goldcoast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a great artificial parade<br \/>\nPomposity gaudiness somehow its weighed<br \/>\nInto the psyche by giving those who<br \/>\nWant grandiosity sparkling through<br \/>\nThe Gold Coast has exceptional natural sights<br \/>\nBeautiful beaches with so many delights<br \/>\nIt is a paradise under the skies<br \/>\nThen theres the corporate world of disguise<br \/>\nYou can see it and feel it and know its about<br \/>\nProfit and money and margins its out<br \/>\nIts blatantly obvious now what they do<br \/>\nRuin the natural world building this zoo<br \/>\nThis fucking great theme park<br \/>\nA monstrosity a manifestation of vulgarity<\/p>\n<p>They steal from the oceans wild souls<br \/>\nWho become<br \/>\nSlaves to their system attracting the numb<br \/>\nWho pay to go on bloody rides in the sky<br \/>\nAnd watch dolphins leap its all a big lie<br \/>\nIts cruelty personified tearfully they<br \/>\nDo what they do at the end of the day<br \/>\nThey can know that the ocean is close<br \/>\nBut they must<br \/>\nSwim in a tank filled with disgust<br \/>\nDolphins and Penguins and Polar Bears<br \/>\nIn sub tropical weather does that show<br \/>\nWho cares<br \/>\nSub Tropical climates for the polar bears<br \/>\nWho were born in the ice fields<br \/>\nBut Seaworld yes dares<br \/>\nRays seals and sharks too<br \/>\nAll on display<br \/>\nThis is your new world the world of today<\/p>\n<p>Where they take and destroy all the natural<br \/>\nLife<br \/>\nWith bloody great rides that create so much strife<br \/>\nIts all artificial but who cares about<br \/>\nThis its the new world worthy of a shout<br \/>\nThe great village roadshow is rumbling on<br \/>\nFeeding the masses with their on going con<br \/>\nIts all artificial staged let us say<br \/>\nTo draw in the seekers and make them  all pay<\/p>\n<p>But what of the natural world outside their door<br \/>\nWhere natural beauty follows the shore<br \/>\nThe green of the sea the blue of the sky<br \/>\nThe green of the hinterland it makes me cry<br \/>\nTo see this great dinosaur rise from the earth<br \/>\nWith myriad contraptions a sort of re birth<br \/>\nOf consumerism and corporate power<br \/>\nAnd then theres the animals every hour<br \/>\nThey are abused by the system they be<br \/>\nGawped at by numb skulls its vulgarity<br \/>\nIts defacement of soul and an uglification<br \/>\nOf what was so beautiful yes the creation<br \/>\nA vast hideosity gargoyles and fright<br \/>\nUnaesthetic unbecoming and just not right<\/p>\n<p>These theme parks have one theme the making of money<br \/>\nWhere everyone suffers though is told milk and honey<br \/>\nFlows from the skies and people believe<br \/>\nThat cows milk and bee honey it will achieve<br \/>\nEverything they ever wanted and they<br \/>\nCant wait to get in and let their kids play<br \/>\nLet them taste paradise man made and grim<br \/>\nWhilst outside their walls Nature&#8217;s no whim<br \/>\nThe great Mother landscapes and fills every nook<br \/>\nWith magic and brilliance each exquisite look<br \/>\nOut to the ocean along the great shore into the sky<br \/>\nWhere there is so much more<br \/>\nLife at a peak a beautiful earth<br \/>\nWhere harmony happens an idyllic rebirth<\/p>\n<p>So much enchantment and exhilaration<br \/>\nThe surfers the wind boards its true elation<br \/>\nThe notion that gigantic water slides can<br \/>\nBe more of a draw that the ocean began<br \/>\nWhen Sea Worlds great arrogance spread near and far<br \/>\nImporting sea life the great Orca Star<br \/>\nThe dolphins the sharks all there in a tank<br \/>\nA prison where chemicals make it all rank<br \/>\nA watery hell has no place on this earth<br \/>\nThe captured so stressed they are cash cows<br \/>\nTheir worth<br \/>\nIs to Sea World the corporate&#8217;s great balance sheet<br \/>\nPower to the elbow of the elite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a great artificial parade Pomposity gaudiness somehow its weighed Into the psyche by giving those who Want grandiosity sparkling through The Gold Coast has exceptional natural sights Beautiful beaches with so many delights It is a paradise under &hellip; 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