{"id":32749,"date":"2017-04-17T10:23:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T10:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=32749"},"modified":"2019-08-27T19:00:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T19:00:23","slug":"gibbon-the-state-of-the-world-its-no-wonder-torture-is-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/gibbon-the-state-of-the-world-its-no-wonder-torture-is-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"GIbbon the state of  the world its no wonder torture is for me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have  little to think about<br \/>\nBut despite that<br \/>\nThe trees in the jungle<br \/>\nWhere I was at<br \/>\nThe whole social order<br \/>\nOf living where I<br \/>\nWas born was rewarding<br \/>\nBut that I now die<\/p>\n<p>In a cage far away<br \/>\nFrom my country of birth<br \/>\nIn some medical laboratory<br \/>\nAnd that my worth<br \/>\nIs experimentation<br \/>\nOr torture to you<br \/>\nCutting me about<br \/>\nThat is what they do<\/p>\n<p>I look a real wreck<br \/>\nAnd I feel awful too<br \/>\nSo many wounds<br \/>\nLeft after they do<br \/>\nTheir investigations<br \/>\nIt is hard to heal<br \/>\nWhen they do not wash down<br \/>\nAnd this does reveal<\/p>\n<p>Horrible scars<br \/>\nand infections for me<br \/>\nI cannot sit down<br \/>\nfor my bottom you see<br \/>\nIts cut about badly<br \/>\nand its festered as well<br \/>\nThis cage is so small<br \/>\nand there is a smell<\/p>\n<p>Its me<br \/>\nyes I realise I am now ill<br \/>\nSo many cuts<br \/>\nhow am I living still?<br \/>\nThey squirt stuff in my eyes<br \/>\nAnd also in my ears<br \/>\nInducing in me<br \/>\nA whole shaft of tears<\/p>\n<p>And I sit, well more lay, on my side<br \/>\nFeeling bad<br \/>\nI dont get the painkillers<br \/>\nWhich is rather sad<br \/>\nMy wounds get infected<br \/>\nAnd thats when they smell<br \/>\nFrom the jungle I came<br \/>\nAnd have now reached their Hell<\/p>\n<p>I so miss my family<br \/>\nThey probably feel<br \/>\nI was eaten by something<br \/>\nI became their meal<br \/>\nAnd thats the worst feeling<br \/>\nBecause being alive<br \/>\nBeing an experiment<br \/>\nIts hard to revive<br \/>\nOneself after surgery<br \/>\nThat much I know<br \/>\nTo get back into living<br \/>\nAnd joining the flow<\/p>\n<p>This cage really stinks<br \/>\nIts never been cleaned<br \/>\nThe food that they throw at me<br \/>\nIt has demeaned<br \/>\nMe to the point, I dont want to go on<br \/>\nWhy dont they kill me<br \/>\nThen I&#8217;d be gone<\/p>\n<p>Off to the Rainbow Bridge<br \/>\nFar far away<br \/>\nAway from these sins<br \/>\nAnd this filth<br \/>\nI so pay<br \/>\nA high price for living<br \/>\nFor giving my all<br \/>\nFor some cleaning product<br \/>\nThat makes my flesh crawl.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the public who buy this crap<br \/>\nDont seem to care<br \/>\nAs long as its cheap<br \/>\nThey remain unaware<br \/>\nOf the plight of us animals<br \/>\nStuck in our cage<br \/>\nSubjected to agony<br \/>\nThats off the page<\/p>\n<p>They go to these corporates<br \/>\nWho poison you<br \/>\nNothing on labels<br \/>\nBut they screw you too<br \/>\nAs for me and my ape friends<br \/>\nWe suffer so<br \/>\nWhat you lot should do<br \/>\nIs care more and show<\/p>\n<p>You care by not buying<br \/>\nThis chemical shit<br \/>\nThat I am now dying for<br \/>\nJust where I sit<br \/>\nOn an  arse full of sores<br \/>\nInduced by the man<br \/>\nWith his scalpels etc<br \/>\nWho is never a fan<\/p>\n<p>I beg you to think<br \/>\nAnd to spend a bit more<br \/>\nOr make up your own cleaning products<br \/>\nI &#8216;m sure<br \/>\nWhite vinegar and baking powder<br \/>\nWould be good<br \/>\nMuch cheaper and healthier<br \/>\nAnd then you could<\/p>\n<p>Say two fingers to P&#038;G<br \/>\nAnd other firms<br \/>\nWho carry on torturing us<br \/>\nWithout true terms<br \/>\nWe have no one fighting for us<br \/>\nAnymore<br \/>\nWe are victims<br \/>\nAlas<br \/>\nIn the corporate war.<\/p>\n<p>I BEG YOU ALL CHECK OUT LABELS DEMAND NO EXPERIMENTATION LEAVE IT ON THE SHELF OTHERWISE <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have little to think about But despite that The trees in the jungle Where I was at The whole social order Of living where I Was born was rewarding But that I now die In a cage far away &hellip; 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