{"id":27120,"date":"2016-03-30T20:54:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T20:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=27120"},"modified":"2016-03-30T21:04:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T21:04:54","slug":"left-to-their-own-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/03\/left-to-their-own-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Left to their own Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It suddenly happened<br \/>\nThe shit hit the fan<br \/>\nSuch a big earthquake<br \/>\nWhen most of us ran<br \/>\nUp to the high hill<br \/>\nThe tsunami too<br \/>\nWashed into our town<br \/>\nLike tsunami&#8217;s do<\/p>\n<p>Then an explosion<br \/>\nGreat balls of fire<br \/>\nThen evacuation<br \/>\nThe scene it was dire<br \/>\nThe people so many ran<br \/>\nFor their life<br \/>\nThe street was on fire<br \/>\nEverywhere utter strife<\/p>\n<p>Water was flowing<br \/>\nFlashes of light<br \/>\nExplosions all over the town<br \/>\nDay was night<br \/>\nEvacuations people just went<br \/>\nHouses collapsing everyone bent<\/p>\n<p>On getting away by the bus load<br \/>\nAnd more<br \/>\nWe had gone to the hill<br \/>\nMy legs were sore<br \/>\nSo much disruption<br \/>\nPeople I knew<br \/>\nLying dead in their gardens<br \/>\nWhat could we do <\/p>\n<p>Its now been 5 years<br \/>\nSince they all went away<br \/>\nA few do come back<br \/>\nBut no one does stay<br \/>\nDogs cats mice rate<br \/>\nCockroaches too<br \/>\nThe odd goat and cow<br \/>\nSome foxes, a few<\/p>\n<p>Birds fly in sometimes<br \/>\nHow we get by<br \/>\nWe pillage and scrape<br \/>\nAnd so many die<br \/>\nAnd we eat each other<br \/>\nThat what we must do<br \/>\nIf we are going<br \/>\nTo ever get through<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes he brings food<br \/>\nA bit  every week<br \/>\nHe moved with everyone<br \/>\nWe just do seek<br \/>\nThe food in the stores<br \/>\nAnd in houses roundabout<br \/>\nIn cupboards and pantries<br \/>\nWe just clear them out<\/p>\n<p>We live on whatever<br \/>\nStale bread and rice<br \/>\nAnything going<br \/>\nWho cares if its nice<br \/>\nOr not we just eat it<br \/>\nBut now 5 years on<br \/>\nMost of the food<br \/>\nIs actually gone<\/p>\n<p>We eat up the insects<br \/>\nThe maggots the mice<br \/>\nWe eat the wild plants<br \/>\nNo they don&#8217;t taste too nice<br \/>\nThe sea&#8217;s full of crap<br \/>\nRadiation we know<br \/>\nSo we keep well away<br \/>\nFrom all that ebb and flow<\/p>\n<p>And gradually we die<br \/>\nAnd they become food<br \/>\nWe just have no choice<br \/>\nWe know it sounds crude<br \/>\nThe odd fish the odd bird<br \/>\nAnd the flies that come by<br \/>\nAnd we drink up the rain<br \/>\nAnd that is no lie<\/p>\n<p>FUKUSHIMA rhe place<br \/>\nThe meltdown the core<br \/>\nThe radiation there is much more<br \/>\nComing out of the plant<br \/>\nAnd into the sky<br \/>\nAnd falling back down on us all<br \/>\nWhich is why<\/p>\n<p>Hot spots are happening<br \/>\nIn Tokyo<br \/>\nAll those miles away<br \/>\nThe strontium does go<br \/>\nSo bad for our bones<br \/>\nSo bad for our skin<br \/>\nClearly left here<br \/>\nIts Japan&#8217;s new bin<\/p>\n<p>Even the flowers and the trees<br \/>\nLook forlorn<br \/>\nGrotesque shapes and fruits<br \/>\nEven the lawn<br \/>\nIn front of the houses<br \/>\nIs black and its dry<br \/>\nThere are no blossoms<br \/>\nDancing in the sky<\/p>\n<p>The humans  are gone<br \/>\nAnd only a few<br \/>\nCome back with some tins<br \/>\nOf food yes they do<br \/>\nThe zone is danger<br \/>\nRed signs everywhere<br \/>\nBut these are the humans<br \/>\nThat are still aware<\/p>\n<p>Risking their health<br \/>\nFor us on the ground<br \/>\nThe rest buggered off<br \/>\nHardly a sound<br \/>\nGone like the light<br \/>\nThat once shone from the sky<br \/>\nIt alright old boy<br \/>\nYea that was a lie<\/p>\n<p>Nothing is right<br \/>\nNo nothing any more<br \/>\nWith each passing day<br \/>\nOur own deaths for sure<br \/>\nComing closer and closer<br \/>\nThe food is no more<br \/>\nWe eat from the dead<br \/>\nAll the maggots and gore<\/p>\n<p>FUKUSHIMA fhe nuclear station of<br \/>\nPower<br \/>\nFrom the explosion the terrible shower<br \/>\nCame down on us all many died many will<br \/>\nDie from the terror that on us all<br \/>\nDid spill<\/p>\n<p>And still your world governments<br \/>\nSick sods they are<br \/>\nWant to build more of them<br \/>\nThey want to scar<br \/>\nEvery inch of this planet<br \/>\nDestroy everything<br \/>\nWhen there&#8217;s solar and wind power<br \/>\nAnd waves that could bring<\/p>\n<p>Much safer energy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It suddenly happened The shit hit the fan Such a big earthquake When most of us ran Up to the high hill The tsunami too Washed into our town Like tsunami&#8217;s do Then an explosion Great balls of fire Then &hellip; 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