{"id":38475,"date":"2018-09-12T10:16:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T10:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=38475"},"modified":"2018-09-12T10:23:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T10:23:53","slug":"hump-back-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/09\/hump-back-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hump back 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The waves the palm fronds<br \/>\nParadise for some<br \/>\nI do expect<br \/>\nA great whale a great humpback<br \/>\nA baleen<br \/>\nI detect<\/p>\n<p>Its karma to be present<br \/>\nAmong the human soul<br \/>\nAt Ponta do Ouro<br \/>\nMozambique<br \/>\nUnder their control<\/p>\n<p>It happened before<br \/>\nAlmost a year ago<br \/>\nIn Beira where<br \/>\nAnother whale<br \/>\nDied tragically<br \/>\nOne that they did tow<br \/>\nOut into the ocean<br \/>\nBut sadly for this soul<br \/>\nDecided although it was still alive<br \/>\nThat it well couldnt go<\/p>\n<p>Back from whence it came<br \/>\nAnd so samples were taken they<br \/>\nRemoved parts of its being<br \/>\nAnd allowed humans to pay<br \/>\nTheir respect by butchering it<br \/>\nHuman vultures came<br \/>\nTearing strips off this poor soul<br \/>\nMy heart it does inflame<\/p>\n<p>They were never starving<br \/>\nTo mutilate and leave<br \/>\nBlubber and flesh strewn everywhere<br \/>\nWhat does that achieve<br \/>\nThe sharks will feel<br \/>\nAggrieved I am sure<br \/>\nBut then really who cares<br \/>\nScience has got its samples<br \/>\nAnd the vultures will say their prayers<\/p>\n<p>Humanity is being smothered<br \/>\nIn an ocean of regret<br \/>\nThere seems a lack of pity<br \/>\nCompassion hasnt set<br \/>\nA fair course in my opinion<br \/>\nWe persecute we do<br \/>\nWe all just want our pound of flesh<br \/>\nThere that is my view<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The waves the palm fronds Paradise for some I do expect A great whale a great humpback A baleen I detect Its karma to be present Among the human soul At Ponta do Ouro Mozambique Under their control It happened &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/09\/hump-back-2\/\">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":[344,173,194,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-africa","category-whales-and-sea-shepherd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38475","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=38475"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38481,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38475\/revisions\/38481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}