{"id":25307,"date":"2015-12-23T10:03:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T10:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25307"},"modified":"2015-12-23T10:08:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T10:08:49","slug":"the-solstice-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/the-solstice-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"The solstice animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The indigenous peoples<br \/>\nHave always known<br \/>\nAnd respected the souls<br \/>\nThat they have sown<\/p>\n<p>In the earth<br \/>\nto enrich their soil<br \/>\nTo create new life<br \/>\nAnd enrich the oil<\/p>\n<p>Their toil accepted<br \/>\nTheir flesh devoured<br \/>\nTheir skins became<br \/>\nClothes that powered<\/p>\n<p>Their spirit to work<br \/>\nIn the densest frost<br \/>\nTo feed their families<br \/>\nAt whatever cost<\/p>\n<p>The indigenous people<br \/>\nHave always known<br \/>\nWhat those in their houses<br \/>\nWho sadly have grown<\/p>\n<p>Less close to the earth<br \/>\nIn their brick built sphere<br \/>\nUsurping the oil and the gas<br \/>\nIts clear<\/p>\n<p>Taking the animals<br \/>\nBaking them whole<br \/>\nNo ritual for each one<br \/>\nwith a soul<\/p>\n<p>Just pay the price<br \/>\nto the butcher who will<br \/>\nButcher another<br \/>\nmore blood they will spill<\/p>\n<p>There is no respect<br \/>\nAnd whatever is used<br \/>\nThe rest of the carcass<br \/>\nis often abused<\/p>\n<p>It become the waste<br \/>\nthat is thrown away<br \/>\nThe solstice animals<br \/>\nso to say<\/p>\n<p>Give up their lives<br \/>\non a whim of desire<br \/>\nAnd spawn more maggots<br \/>\nFrom their fire<\/p>\n<p>This historic battle<br \/>\nAnd due respect<br \/>\nHas run away<br \/>\nI do detect<\/p>\n<p>Its become a business<br \/>\nfor corporate gain<br \/>\nTo market the animals<br \/>\nand increase their pain<\/p>\n<p>To have no respect<br \/>\nwhatsoever and try<br \/>\nTo speed up the process<br \/>\nof life till they die<\/p>\n<p>Its now one of profit<br \/>\nand animals are<br \/>\nBred for the pot not a life<br \/>\nSo far<\/p>\n<p>Removed from<br \/>\nthe indigenous way<br \/>\nOf sharing and caring<br \/>\nso all of us pay<\/p>\n<p>And from all this cruelty<br \/>\n what we see<br \/>\nAre a band of angels<br \/>\n flying free<\/p>\n<p>The vegan tribes<br \/>\nwho forgo the treat<br \/>\nWho can live in their minds<br \/>\nwithout the meat<\/p>\n<p>Without the bodies<br \/>\nwithout the souls<br \/>\nIn a spiritual sense<br \/>\nin their controls<\/p>\n<p>A thought out destiny<br \/>\nbased on care<br \/>\nFor all the earthlings<br \/>\nthat dare to share<\/p>\n<p>A rich new life<br \/>\na sharing of soul<br \/>\nAnd a life force based<br \/>\non a loving goal<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the solstice animals written by<br \/>\nJohn Matthews chapter 5 front page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The indigenous peoples Have always known And respected the souls That they have sown In the earth to enrich their soil To create new life And enrich the oil Their toil accepted Their flesh devoured Their skins became Clothes that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/the-solstice-animals\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,36,200,129,132,134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-rights","category-indigenous-people","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft","category-turkeys","category-turkeys-and-chickens","category-wild-birds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25307"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25309,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25307\/revisions\/25309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}