{"id":37260,"date":"2018-07-02T15:27:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=37260"},"modified":"2018-07-02T15:27:55","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:27:55","slug":"the-life-and-death-of-a-captive-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/07\/the-life-and-death-of-a-captive-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"The life and death of a captive elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poached as a baby<br \/>\nA lost soul<br \/>\nNo childhood none at all<br \/>\nHer spiritual foundation<br \/>\nImmediately did stall<br \/>\nTrafficked into evil<br \/>\nVile captivity<br \/>\nCalled &#8220;Laxmi&#8221;<br \/>\nHindu goddess of wealth<br \/>\nand of prosperity<\/p>\n<p>False reasoning feels obvious<br \/>\nUntenable and unsound<br \/>\nTo call her by such an honoured name<br \/>\nAnd then to see her bound<br \/>\nFor a prison cell<br \/>\nTo be tortured to be starved<br \/>\nAnd neglected so<br \/>\nHow unbending and dogmatic<br \/>\nTo guarantee such woe<\/p>\n<p>A life time of concealment<br \/>\nJust hidden away<br \/>\nBehind closed doors<br \/>\nAnonymously<br \/>\nRejected so to say<br \/>\nAfflicted by such misery<br \/>\nSuch hurtfulness and pain<br \/>\nMaltreatment &#8211;<br \/>\nand oppression<br \/>\nBy the  clearly insane<\/p>\n<p>Not an ounce of feeling<br \/>\nMaligned in every way<br \/>\nLuckless hapless stricken<br \/>\nShe was just made to pay<br \/>\nLying in pools of urine<br \/>\nImagine that and see<br \/>\nLying in clumps of dung as well<br \/>\nSuch adversity<\/p>\n<p>Such lackness and such slackness<br \/>\nThey surrender their control<br \/>\nKeep a poor old lady chained<br \/>\nIt really does appal<br \/>\nSuch Draconian laws of badness<br \/>\nAnd bludgeoning her too<br \/>\nShe never knew what freedom was<br \/>\nThey were rotten through and through<\/p>\n<p>Human beings keepers<br \/>\nOf animals who dare<br \/>\nTo coerce and constrain<br \/>\nA goddess<br \/>\nShe being so aware<br \/>\nSo loving and so caring<br \/>\nAnd condemned by them to be<br \/>\nIn chains and in shackles<br \/>\nFor an eternity<\/p>\n<p>Abandoned really in this life<br \/>\nResigned to cruelty<br \/>\nThey did infact destroy her<br \/>\nWith their wicked spivvery<br \/>\nFed her badly kept her dirty<br \/>\nBeat her every day<br \/>\nNiggardly and penny pinching<br \/>\nShe Never knew what play<br \/>\nWas what fresh green shoots were<br \/>\nOr the sunshine on her back<br \/>\nShe never really saw the light<br \/>\nShe was always on their rack<\/p>\n<p>Getting beaten daily<br \/>\nTill her bones bent with the strain<br \/>\nLacking in nutrition<br \/>\nSuffering in vain<br \/>\nNo one around to help her<br \/>\nJust those who never cared<br \/>\nWho kept her dumb and docile<br \/>\nWho really never shared<\/p>\n<p>A smile a pat or thoughtfulness<br \/>\nAll she ever knew<br \/>\nWas anger pique and sadness<br \/>\nThats was all life through<br \/>\nHer tearfulness was obvious<br \/>\nTo anyone who saw<br \/>\nA face stained sadly everyday<br \/>\nFilled witH blood and gore<\/p>\n<p>And when she died she just feel down<br \/>\nChained up shackled tight<br \/>\nHer skin was sagging legs turned inwards<br \/>\nOur eyes witnessed her plight<br \/>\nAs to the human owners<br \/>\nThey had scarpered Tragically<br \/>\nThe police should go and find them<br \/>\nAnd ensure that they never be<\/p>\n<p>Able to keep animals<br \/>\nSomeone must know who they<br \/>\nAre they must be found and soon<br \/>\nthere must not be a stay<br \/>\nHang the buggers by their necks<br \/>\nLets watch them dance a jig<br \/>\nThey are a blemish on this earth<br \/>\nAnd its right that we should dig<\/p>\n<p>A shallow grave out in the forest<br \/>\nWhere vultures can enjoy<br \/>\nTheir vile embittered bodies<br \/>\nLet their beaks employ<br \/>\nGreat wounds strips of darkness<br \/>\nLet them never be<br \/>\nParty to another life<br \/>\nOf animal cruelty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poached as a baby A lost soul No childhood none at all Her spiritual foundation Immediately did stall Trafficked into evil Vile captivity Called &#8220;Laxmi&#8221; Hindu goddess of wealth and of prosperity False reasoning feels obvious Untenable and unsound To &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/07\/the-life-and-death-of-a-captive-elephant\/\">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":[344,173,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-elephants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37260","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=37260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37261,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37260\/revisions\/37261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}