{"id":37534,"date":"2018-07-26T16:32:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T16:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=37534"},"modified":"2018-09-16T15:36:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T15:36:32","slug":"killing-a-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/07\/killing-a-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Killing a whale 61 and 62"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daggers drawn<br \/>\nA smouldering rage<br \/>\nAn angel rises off the page<br \/>\nIts painful feelings<br \/>\nThe last straw<br \/>\nAs the cannon harpoon hits its core<br \/>\nGreat wrathfulness<br \/>\nA tantrum torn<br \/>\nTears of rage<br \/>\nBefore the storm<\/p>\n<p>Piqued and gailed<br \/>\nOffended by<br \/>\nThe bluster And the<br \/>\nWake of sky<br \/>\nThe unfuriated incensed soul<br \/>\nWho goes berserk<br \/>\nLosing control<br \/>\nGlare and glower<br \/>\nAnd snarl and spit<br \/>\nQuiver with rage<br \/>\nWhere does one sit<\/p>\n<p>Disturbed so by the bloodied bite<br \/>\nIts under the skin<br \/>\nAnd Such a fright<br \/>\nGoad and taunt<br \/>\nAnd exasperate<br \/>\nHalf in half out<br \/>\nEmbittered fate<\/p>\n<p>An icelandic millionaire<br \/>\nA prickly touchy<br \/>\nFractious  bear<br \/>\nRoaring in the surf and swell<br \/>\nWhose blood is boilng<br \/>\nNow in hell<br \/>\nUnsmiling sulking man o war<br \/>\nPeevish, like never before<br \/>\nRaises his voice<br \/>\nSuch an affront<br \/>\nThe great whale dies<br \/>\nits<br \/>\nThe final hunt<\/p>\n<p>Baffled and broken<br \/>\nThe crimson tide<br \/>\nThe swish of sinew<br \/>\nFrom deep inside<br \/>\nWe rouse our ire<br \/>\nOur dander too<br \/>\nAnd We know the fire<br \/>\nIs now with you<\/p>\n<p>Stop those boats<br \/>\nLet them lie<br \/>\nTied up in harbour<br \/>\nLets watch them fly<br \/>\nThe sea birds cackle<br \/>\nOne by one<br \/>\nThe gauntlets down<br \/>\nAnd in the sun<br \/>\nWhispering souls seek<br \/>\nTo believe<br \/>\nThat so many out there<br \/>\nThey will grieve<\/p>\n<p>They will sing their elegy<br \/>\nReaching hearts<br \/>\nWhere ere they be<br \/>\nGrabbing hold of tears that have lain<br \/>\nThe syrens call<br \/>\nWas not in vain<br \/>\nThe harpoon&#8217;thrust<br \/>\nGreat swells of blood<br \/>\nRush skywards<br \/>\nAn eternal flood<br \/>\nA great fin whale rolls painfully<br \/>\nBound for Japan<br \/>\nIt seems to me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daggers drawn A smouldering rage An angel rises off the page Its painful feelings The last straw As the cannon harpoon hits its core Great wrathfulness A tantrum torn Tears of rage Before the storm Piqued and gailed Offended by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/07\/killing-a-whale\/\">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":[344,173,102,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-hunting-and-poaching-includes-canned-hunts","category-whales-and-sea-shepherd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37534","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=37534"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38612,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37534\/revisions\/38612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}