{"id":25835,"date":"2016-01-13T22:55:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T22:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25835"},"modified":"2016-01-14T00:04:31","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T00:04:31","slug":"cowshwitz-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/01\/cowshwitz-california\/","title":{"rendered":"COWshwitz California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One hundred thousand cattle<br \/>\nA source of much methane<br \/>\nThe farting and the burping<br \/>\nWould drive me quite insane<br \/>\nEmploying about 400 souls<br \/>\nOn 14,000 acres<br \/>\nFrom farm to fork<br \/>\nIt all is there<br \/>\nThe camp that I call<br \/>\ncamp despair<\/p>\n<p>If you are anywhere near  the facility<br \/>\nThe nostrils tend to twitch<br \/>\nYou will not drive with the window down<br \/>\nYou will be  thinking its a bitch<br \/>\nSome think its  abominable<br \/>\nOthers say aloud<br \/>\nits the rich smell of America<br \/>\nForming its own cloud<\/p>\n<p>Whatever it is it whiffs a bit<br \/>\nto high heaven and to hell<br \/>\nTemple Grandin believes its fine<br \/>\nThey really do things well<br \/>\nAs a vegan just imagining the numbers<br \/>\nDaily dead<br \/>\nAll of them being processed<br \/>\nDoes things in my head<\/p>\n<p>Snd I have to tell you<br \/>\nAll these animals lost<br \/>\nThroats slit bled out<br \/>\nTheres no doubt<br \/>\nIn my mind that the cost<\/p>\n<p>To fill the guts of America<br \/>\nLeaves a karmic debt so large<br \/>\nThat nothing they do ever will<br \/>\nPrevent god Hathors charge<\/p>\n<p>The ugliness of slaughter<br \/>\nOn such an violent scale<br \/>\nKept in these conditions<br \/>\nIt really leaves me pale<br \/>\nI know they grow all sorts<br \/>\nOf fruit and vegetables as well<br \/>\nAnd have an inn<br \/>\nAnd a restaurant<br \/>\nFleets of trucks that spell<\/p>\n<p>Pollution it is causing<br \/>\nA lot of it I am sure<br \/>\nBecause there are so many<br \/>\nWho don&#8217;t care about blood and gore<br \/>\nAs long as there&#8217;s steaks a plenty<br \/>\nAnd burgers every day<br \/>\nAnd sausages and all of that<br \/>\nThose people are okay<\/p>\n<p>No sunshine on their youthful backs<br \/>\nNo green grass in their gut<br \/>\nThe conventional farms have died a death<br \/>\nThose doors have all slammed shut<br \/>\nIts grand scale huge lot production<br \/>\nCommodities not souls<br \/>\nLiving breathing feeling  thinking<br \/>\nAnd a life time of controls<\/p>\n<p>If more of the world were vegan<br \/>\nWith the compassion of the few<br \/>\nWe could reduce these huge great camps<br \/>\nIt would be best for you<br \/>\nto Ronald Mc Donald who sold his soul<br \/>\nAnd all those burgers too<br \/>\nBut keeping cows in such massive lots<br \/>\nIs not something that rings true<\/p>\n<p>So they grow their fruit and vegetables<br \/>\nAnd thats a fine idea<br \/>\nBut the cow angle is awful<br \/>\nI did not want to hear<br \/>\nWhat is wrong with the people<br \/>\nWhy do they stand this pain<br \/>\nWhy do they all go down this road<br \/>\nAnd follow the insane<\/p>\n<p>Corpse munching is no answer<br \/>\nDead food inside of you<br \/>\nWill never give you a life force<br \/>\nHowever much you do<br \/>\nYes it makes a lot of cash<br \/>\nBut the protein ratio<br \/>\nIs unbelievably out of sink<br \/>\nWith soya As well you know<\/p>\n<p>And its not dosed up with chemicals<br \/>\nWith antibiotics too<br \/>\nAnd all the growth hormones<br \/>\nAnd GMO&#8217;s that not good for you<br \/>\nStand back and watch the scenery<br \/>\nSee how fit you feel<br \/>\nWhen you hear the slaughtering<br \/>\nThat goes on there for real<\/p>\n<p>I lay in bed this evening<br \/>\nLooking to the sky<br \/>\nImagining the numbers<br \/>\nWho walk there and then die<br \/>\nWho breathe their last breath<br \/>\nWhilst I sleep<br \/>\nSending nightmares through my soul<br \/>\nSo that people can fill up their guts<br \/>\nWith what is over control<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One hundred thousand cattle A source of much methane The farting and the burping Would drive me quite insane Employing about 400 souls On 14,000 acres From farm to fork It all is there The camp that I call camp &hellip; 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