{"id":34499,"date":"2017-11-05T11:58:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T11:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=34499"},"modified":"2017-11-05T11:58:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T11:58:14","slug":"a-lamb-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/11\/a-lamb-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"A lamb dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A vivid stream of consciousness<br \/>\nA sixth sense maybe so<br \/>\nA little lamb in ivy<br \/>\nHow large will it  grow<br \/>\nIts inner child is resting<br \/>\nA personality<br \/>\nReasoning and thinking<br \/>\nOf running so freely<\/p>\n<p>Inquisitiveness is how the<br \/>\nYoung learn or so we are told<br \/>\nThis little lamb is dreaming<br \/>\nAs in the hay he is rolled<br \/>\nAgog with all the noises<br \/>\nAnd the many trees<br \/>\nTheir branches dancing skywards<br \/>\nAlways trying to please<\/p>\n<p>The little souls neglected<br \/>\nUnguarded and left alone<br \/>\nUnaware of his future<br \/>\nHow his seeds are sown<br \/>\nWe hear the probability<br \/>\nIs he will sadly be<br \/>\nGoing off to slaughter<br \/>\nYes this sweet baby<\/p>\n<p>Lamb is so sought after<br \/>\nBy the carnivores in Spring<br \/>\nWho use mint sauce and vinegar<br \/>\nThey say it will bring<br \/>\nThe succulence and flavour<br \/>\nOut of the babies meat<br \/>\nHuman beings love Spring lamb<br \/>\nThey cannot wait to eat<\/p>\n<p>I believe its an injustice<br \/>\nIts hide bound and its wrong<br \/>\nThat lamb had hoped for many dreams<br \/>\nPositive all along<br \/>\nBut instead our parochialism<br \/>\nAnd our clannish way<br \/>\nConsigned the soul to the slaughter house<br \/>\nThere to end its day<\/p>\n<p>The sage  may puke whilst watching<br \/>\nThe baby all alone<br \/>\nLed into the killing room<br \/>\nThinking he might own<br \/>\nA slice of lamb or possibly<br \/>\nA rack or a chop or two<br \/>\nThe deceptiveness of carnivores<br \/>\nWith their trumped up cultured view<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vivid stream of consciousness A sixth sense maybe so A little lamb in ivy How large will it grow Its inner child is resting A personality Reasoning and thinking Of running so freely Inquisitiveness is how the Young learn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/11\/a-lamb-dreams\/\">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":[173,216,147,145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-animal-sacrifice","category-animals-used-for-food","category-lambs-and-sheep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34499","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=34499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34500,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34499\/revisions\/34500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}