{"id":40256,"date":"2019-02-18T11:21:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T11:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40256"},"modified":"2019-02-18T12:18:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T12:18:36","slug":"life-modification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/02\/life-modification\/","title":{"rendered":"Life modification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ocean was tangible palpable<br \/>\nLargely, able to<br \/>\nOffer the great souls real worth<br \/>\nA kindred affection<br \/>\nA tribal connection<br \/>\nA vast an analagous spirit<br \/>\nTo earth<\/p>\n<p>Creative uniqueness<br \/>\nOf primordial nature<br \/>\nAn instinctive program<br \/>\nStable and square<br \/>\nA vital vastness<br \/>\nGreat depths and great height<br \/>\nFar flung and prevailing<br \/>\nJust everywhere<\/p>\n<p>An array of  such beauty<br \/>\nAnd all of this in spite<br \/>\nOf the aeons of wholeness<br \/>\nAnd thorough regard<br \/>\nBiodiversity acclimatization<br \/>\nBoundlessness and unfathomable<br \/>\nOceans were starred<br \/>\nBy A vast eternity<br \/>\nWholly enduring<br \/>\nUnageing unchanging<br \/>\nInterminably<\/p>\n<p>Onto the undoing<br \/>\nThe obliteration<br \/>\nHumanities quest<br \/>\nTo be all things to all<br \/>\nWith a might and a force<br \/>\nWith a sovereign decision<br \/>\nDredged up from its source<br \/>\nAn all powerfsll wall<\/p>\n<p>Of hunting ability<br \/>\nSuch the invincible<br \/>\nStalwart and vigorous<br \/>\nForcibly so<br \/>\nCapturing blackfish<br \/>\nAnd other cetaceans<br \/>\nFor theme parks<br \/>\nAnd aquaria<br \/>\nAs we now know<\/p>\n<p>Translocation<br \/>\nBy stealth<br \/>\nTo the edge of forever<br \/>\nTo a watery cell<br \/>\nTo a ring if you will<br \/>\nA prison for angels<br \/>\nTo wallow in fervour<br \/>\nA vagueness and nondescript<br \/>\nMisshapened swill<\/p>\n<p>A colour blue<br \/>\nThe concrete tiled surfaces<br \/>\nChemical waters<br \/>\nWould weaken and tear<br \/>\nA lifeless bubble<br \/>\nAn insipid ferment<br \/>\nGrowing ever fetid<br \/>\nA malodorous air<\/p>\n<p>Death nothing living<br \/>\nIts so artificial<br \/>\nNo wave sounds<br \/>\nJust loud speakers<br \/>\nRaging all day<br \/>\nThe dream of some silence<br \/>\nOf hush or  of stillness<br \/>\nOf whalesong and wonder<br \/>\nOf nature at play<\/p>\n<p>Natural light<br \/>\nThe great mantle of being<br \/>\nThe sun in the heavens<br \/>\nThe moon in the sky<br \/>\nAnd the colour of stars<br \/>\nAnd the glory of Heaven<br \/>\nIt all can be shared<br \/>\nWhich is obviously why<\/p>\n<p>Brainwork and thoughtfulness<br \/>\nComes with the reverie<br \/>\nConsideration and pensive desire<br \/>\nWhen in watery prisons<br \/>\nEngrossment lies heavy<br \/>\nHaunted and hooked up to<br \/>\nHumanities fire<\/p>\n<p>Disregard and distraction<br \/>\nManipulation<br \/>\nSEAWORLD its arrogance<br \/>\nAnd ignorance are<br \/>\nFused now together<br \/>\nNo one can sever<br \/>\nThe unwarranted patterns<br \/>\nThat do wound and scar<\/p>\n<p>We live half a life<br \/>\nIn a cesspool and urine<br \/>\nThe feckless are at it<br \/>\nAs turnover fails<br \/>\nIts all about balance sheets<br \/>\nStaying unbalanced<br \/>\nOverlooked and omitted<br \/>\nWhich certainly pales<\/p>\n<p>Into insignificance<br \/>\nCaptivity shortens<br \/>\nOur lives the certainty<br \/>\nSeemingly sees<br \/>\nWe suffer in silence<br \/>\nTortured and aching<br \/>\nBeaten to death inside<br \/>\nOur hearts  breaking<\/p>\n<p>Unknowing unwitting<br \/>\nArtless and wrong<br \/>\nUntutored and untrained<br \/>\nWe do not belong<br \/>\nWith the numbskull trainers<br \/>\nBraindead from the offing<br \/>\nImposters in point of  fact<br \/>\nWell versed at scoffing<\/p>\n<p>At the unorthodoxy<br \/>\nPerverted and misread<br \/>\nGarbled and erratic<br \/>\nSpreading such lies<br \/>\nRisible crackpots<br \/>\nSpilling their silliness<br \/>\nPretentious and harebrained<br \/>\nStuff we all despise<\/p>\n<p>Hunted and tortured<br \/>\n and<br \/>\nSo violated<br \/>\nSlaves to the system<br \/>\nOn earth we became<br \/>\nAngels our lives cut short<br \/>\nBy the laggards<br \/>\nThe Sea World bullies<br \/>\nWho meant to inflame<\/p>\n<p>Cetaceans the world over<br \/>\nBalleen and killer<br \/>\nHorned toothed and all sorts<br \/>\nAll part of those who<br \/>\nAre Floundering tragically<br \/>\nIn man made prisons<br \/>\nIn complete pointlessness<br \/>\nThe denseness the oafishness<br \/>\nYes maybe YOU.<\/p>\n<p>Are one of the guilty<br \/>\nPaying your money<br \/>\nBuying a ticket<br \/>\nTo witness our pain<br \/>\nWith a bag of warm chips<br \/>\nPerhaps some sweet candy floss<br \/>\nYou mindless devils<br \/>\nAre A great seaworld drain<\/p>\n<p>On HUMANITY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ocean was tangible palpable Largely, able to Offer the great souls real worth A kindred 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