{"id":28441,"date":"2016-07-01T09:03:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T09:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=28441"},"modified":"2016-07-01T09:21:48","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T09:21:48","slug":"the-kalahari-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/07\/the-kalahari-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kalahari experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A safari camp in South Africa<br \/>\nluxury all round<br \/>\na delicious lunch a shooting range<br \/>\ntattoo&#8217;s and guns<br \/>\nabound<\/p>\n<p>the matriarchal squalor<br \/>\nand Patriarchal sin<br \/>\nIts the Lioness they are gunning for<br \/>\nit gets under my skin<\/p>\n<p>its the females its the queens<br \/>\nthe desert sands the soul of time<br \/>\nhunters have been imported<br \/>\nto make that awful climb<\/p>\n<p>from reality to what I can describe<br \/>\nto you today<br \/>\nas an evil in their integrity<br \/>\nand they now will have to pay<\/p>\n<p>for the curse they have spread far and wide<br \/>\ntwo souls they have gunned down<br \/>\nwho were in their freedom<br \/>\nand in their blood did drown<\/p>\n<p>they had come to find some victims<br \/>\nwith their pockets full of gold<br \/>\nwith their mindfulness lost to the world<br \/>\nand their borrowed guns to hold<\/p>\n<p>hunters from a far off place<br \/>\nfrom concrete cities where<br \/>\nthere are no more wild angels<br \/>\nrunning anywhere<\/p>\n<p>the machinery of patriarchy<br \/>\nspreads across their way<br \/>\nand the feminine is suffering<br \/>\nfrom the torrents of decay<\/p>\n<p>they talk of love immeasurable<br \/>\nfrom their hearts that once did beat<br \/>\nthe emotion of the vanquished<br \/>\nthe uncharitable deceit<\/p>\n<p>their names Peter and Tony<br \/>\ntheir wish of course to kill<br \/>\nthe malignancy within them<br \/>\nmore female blood to spill<\/p>\n<p>it is, victimisation<br \/>\nby rancorous design<br \/>\nHunting with all its devilry<br \/>\nwith lives now on the line<\/p>\n<p>all the treachery imaginable<br \/>\nto get one&#8217;s own back they<br \/>\nhad travelled from their cities<br \/>\nto bring their vile display<\/p>\n<p>into the Kalahari<br \/>\nWhere Africa could feel<br \/>\nthe wrath of something sinister<br \/>\nthe great financial deal<\/p>\n<p>could feel the feet of monsters<br \/>\ncould smell their sweat as they<br \/>\npursued great souls of innocence<br \/>\non this chosen day<\/p>\n<p>the night before they had<br \/>\ndrowned their souls<br \/>\nin the Chardonnay each glass<br \/>\ncooler than the one before<br \/>\nand had realised each arse<\/p>\n<p>present around the table<br \/>\neating the flesh and blood<br \/>\nof other souls who had perished<br \/>\nin the eternal flood<\/p>\n<p>of anger and resentment<br \/>\nwho had slept it off to wake<br \/>\nup this morning ready<br \/>\nto bag themselves more cake<\/p>\n<p>to go out and find females<br \/>\nthe Lionesses who would<br \/>\nhave been buddies to the great Male Lions<br \/>\nand how Nature said they should<\/p>\n<p>this would have been true Nature<\/p>\n<p>this would have been their true life<br \/>\nbut for the raw transaction<br \/>\nbloodied up with strife<\/p>\n<p>these beefcakes with their sleeves of ink<br \/>\nand their eyes that miss so much<br \/>\nand their hearts so solidly fattened<br \/>\nin essence out of touch<\/p>\n<p>now on the truck and ready<br \/>\nfor the bumpy road ahead<br \/>\nthey were riding with the devil<br \/>\nhe was just ahead<\/p>\n<p>taking them to hell and back<br \/>\nbut they never would escape<br \/>\nhis clutches never ever<br \/>\nafter this dreadful rape<\/p>\n<p>they all were clad in grey clothes<br \/>\nthey identified some spore<br \/>\nthe animals were up ahead<br \/>\nliving in their raw<\/p>\n<p>this was where creation had placed<br \/>\nthem it was where<br \/>\nman would come to take them<br \/>\nbut they knew, that he was there<\/p>\n<p>they knew of his brutality<br \/>\nhis spiteful attitude<br \/>\nthe sun shone from the heavens<br \/>\ndown on this ugly brood<\/p>\n<p>Peter was the first up<br \/>\ninsensitive was he<br \/>\nunaware of the dawn a breaking<br \/>\nand the smell of life so free<\/p>\n<p>he saw her she was lithe and strong<br \/>\nimmense in every way<br \/>\na creature of true fortune<br \/>\nand he would make her pay<\/p>\n<p>no doubt someone&#8217;s sweetheart<br \/>\nsomeones pride and joy<br \/>\nbut he was going to slay her<br \/>\ntoday he was her boy<\/p>\n<p>she resonated freedom<br \/>\nshe shared the morning air<br \/>\nthe sun would be her witness<br \/>\nwould share in her despair<\/p>\n<p>she could smell his sordidness<br \/>\nand hear his frantic breath<br \/>\nshe knew the guns were after her<br \/>\na sweet glimmer of death<\/p>\n<p>her nobleness a virtue<br \/>\nher passive nature spent<br \/>\nshe took a tree for refuge<br \/>\nand up it yea she went<\/p>\n<p>but Peter he was on her<br \/>\nhis patriarchal glow<br \/>\nburning and all could feel it<br \/>\nhe was now on show<\/p>\n<p>Bang! the steel ripped into her<br \/>\nBang! another too<br \/>\nit delved into her spirit<br \/>\nand life for her was through<\/p>\n<p>a lost soul in her own land<br \/>\nthe hoi poloi were here<br \/>\ntheir vulgar ways were evident<br \/>\ntheir countenance of fear<\/p>\n<p>slumped back she fell and that was it<br \/>\na female lost and gone<br \/>\na precious soul so in control<br \/>\nshe just could not go on<\/p>\n<p>the shabby squalid hunterman<br \/>\nwith his shooting sticks of fire<br \/>\nhad raped her to submission<br \/>\nher end was wholly dire<\/p>\n<p>the disgust one feels to witness<br \/>\nsuch a dark event today<br \/>\nthe prejudice and loathing<br \/>\nthe ultimate decay<\/p>\n<p>the unsavoury suggestions<br \/>\nthe intolerable design<br \/>\nto kiss a slaughtered victim<br \/>\non the lips and to malign<\/p>\n<p>the feline race so forcefully<br \/>\nwatching as I do<br \/>\nsoaking up the cowardice<br \/>\nthat really just runs through<\/p>\n<p>the so called bloody victor<br \/>\nthe deserter of all time<br \/>\nthe craven spirited sissy<br \/>\nwho imagined he did climb<\/p>\n<p>out of concrete city<br \/>\ninto the wilderness<br \/>\nthe Kalahari desert<br \/>\na paradise no less<\/p>\n<p>and now of course it was Tony&#8217;s turn<br \/>\nand another soul ahead<br \/>\nwho had just lost a sister<br \/>\nan undauntedness that led<\/p>\n<p>them closer to her being<br \/>\nher gameness and her pride<br \/>\nto run their gauntlet at a pace<br \/>\nand not to be denied<\/p>\n<p>crouching in a thicket<br \/>\nof thorns she waited, she<br \/>\nbreathless from the vile ordeal<br \/>\nof her sister up that tree<\/p>\n<p>and now her in this thicket<br \/>\nwhat was she going to do<br \/>\nif only there were males around<br \/>\nbut she knew very few<\/p>\n<p>were around so the inevitable<br \/>\nwas this day was her last<br \/>\nthere were no knights in shining armour<br \/>\nher die in fact was cast<\/p>\n<p>shots she heard around her<br \/>\nthey were trying to drive her free<br \/>\nso they could come and murder her<br \/>\nit was patriarchy<\/p>\n<p>that inherent vice within them<br \/>\nher audaciousness she used<br \/>\nslunk down on the thorniest edge<br \/>\nready to be abused<\/p>\n<p>she knew their sabres rattled<br \/>\ntheir shivers she could feel<br \/>\nBang Bang Bang Bang Bang that was it<br \/>\nnothing to reveal<\/p>\n<p>moments of such agony<br \/>\njust moments that was all<br \/>\nshe would never see a sunrise<br \/>\nagain or hear the call<\/p>\n<p>excuses body juices<br \/>\nwhy five shots and high fives<br \/>\nthe men clan patting each others backs<br \/>\njust because they can<\/p>\n<p>proudly now displaying<br \/>\ntheir banter and their chaff<br \/>\nwith all that male derision<br \/>\nwe heard them try to laugh<\/p>\n<p>two females lost the battle<br \/>\nthey were victims of deceit<br \/>\nslaves from a sick harem<br \/>\nwhere the oligarchy cheat<\/p>\n<p>everyone who comes along<br \/>\nand parts with ill gotten gains<br \/>\nfeels karma and the gods above<br \/>\nhave them all in chains<\/p>\n<p>for hunters are a dying breed<br \/>\nan anathema some say<br \/>\nwalking cancers, terminals<br \/>\nwho try to make us pay<\/p>\n<p>a price for their committal<br \/>\ntheir comfortless despair<br \/>\ntheir hudibrastic manner<br \/>\nwhich will always now be there<\/p>\n<p>their wives perhaps their lovers<br \/>\nwill smell the blood we lost<br \/>\nthey will be aware of its unguarded state<br \/>\nthey have no idea what cost<\/p>\n<p>it will be for they will never<br \/>\nengage in love again<br \/>\nthis is the promise that I give<br \/>\nto the hunter man insane<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A safari camp in South Africa luxury all round a delicious lunch a shooting range tattoo&#8217;s and guns abound the matriarchal squalor and Patriarchal sin Its the Lioness 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