{"id":40562,"date":"2019-03-23T19:50:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T19:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40562"},"modified":"2019-03-24T08:00:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T08:00:19","slug":"the-sickness-of-ocean-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/03\/the-sickness-of-ocean-users\/","title":{"rendered":"The sickness of ocean users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have seen the beginning<br \/>\nHow long to the end<br \/>\nThe emergence of madness<br \/>\nThe countdown my friend<br \/>\nThe embryonic nature of man<br \/>\nThe light of day<br \/>\nAnd our wonderful plan<\/p>\n<p>The end time is coming<br \/>\nHearts ceasing eyes closing<br \/>\nMaybe Armageddon<br \/>\nThe oil barons posing<br \/>\nThe awful pandemic<br \/>\nOf single use comes<br \/>\nOil based and plastic<br \/>\nReally it numbs<\/p>\n<p>The total diversity<br \/>\nNow everywhere<br \/>\nThe oceans are vast<br \/>\nBut there\u2019s so much despair<br \/>\nDeviants and mutants<br \/>\nRecalcitrants too<br \/>\nThe oceans a dumping ground<br \/>\nFor all of you<\/p>\n<p>Single use plastic<br \/>\nCorporate crap<br \/>\nCommercial sacking<br \/>\nVast plastic wrap<br \/>\nDumped overboard<br \/>\nBy the filth of display<br \/>\nHumanities outpouring<br \/>\nEveryday<\/p>\n<p>Waste and excreta<br \/>\nPlasticity<br \/>\nAll sorts of chemicals<br \/>\nDumped in the sea<br \/>\nFishing gear netting<br \/>\nAnything goes<br \/>\nInanity prevalent<br \/>\nThat\u2019s how it flows<\/p>\n<p>BLank minds and empty heads<br \/>\nApparently they<br \/>\nLean over the side<br \/>\nAnd just toss it away<br \/>\nThoughtlessness<br \/>\nNeedlessness<br \/>\nUnseeing they<br \/>\nTake great sheets of plastic<br \/>\nAnd chuck them away<\/p>\n<p>Unprotected unguarded<br \/>\nSluttish and Sloven<br \/>\nThe kitchen sink<br \/>\nAnd any old oven<br \/>\nThe ocean alas the great dumping ground<br \/>\nFor us all<br \/>\nIn the middle of no where<br \/>\nWe act like the fool<\/p>\n<p>And what if the creatures<br \/>\nThat live in the space<br \/>\nThe ocean wide<br \/>\nThe newest disgrace<br \/>\nWhat of the great whales<br \/>\nAnd the great hordes of fish<br \/>\nThe oceans a shit hole<br \/>\nAnd what\u2019s in our dish<\/p>\n<p>All sorts of animals<br \/>\nPulled out of the sea<br \/>\nWe are feeding our children<br \/>\nHow mad can we be<br \/>\nWhales coming ashore<br \/>\nAlmost everyday<br \/>\nTheir guts filled with plastic<br \/>\nWhat do we say<\/p>\n<p>Whales after squids<br \/>\nSwallow great plastic sheet<br \/>\nRice sacks from China<br \/>\nWe arn\u2019t Discreet<br \/>\nWe just dump everything<br \/>\nNow overboard<br \/>\nTaking it back to port<br \/>\nWe can\u2019t afford<\/p>\n<p>Their dying of gastric shock<br \/>\nCetacean hordes<br \/>\nBeautiful wonderful<br \/>\nTheir sad rewards<br \/>\nFor just being gifted<br \/>\nTo oceans for we<br \/>\nUse specious argument and sophistry<\/p>\n<p>Companies abusing environments<br \/>\nIt\u2019s all bloody  chemical spray<br \/>\nIt\u2019s so irrational what we all do<br \/>\nIt\u2019s our lack of vision<br \/>\nHonest it\u2019s true<br \/>\nKnighthoods for CEO\u2019s<br \/>\nTax haven types<br \/>\nSo much shit  in the ocean<br \/>\nIt gives me the gripes<\/p>\n<p>The voiceless are dying<br \/>\nIn agony they<br \/>\nSwallowing landfill<br \/>\nEveryday<br \/>\nSuffering terribly<br \/>\nAdversity<br \/>\nDistressing and ruinous<br \/>\nThat\u2019s how we be<\/p>\n<p>Obnoxious<br \/>\nOur hurtfulness<br \/>\nWe do not care<br \/>\nBitterness painfulness<br \/>\nIt\u2019s everywhere<br \/>\nFilthy and mangy and manky<br \/>\nAnd rank<br \/>\nShameful and scandalous<br \/>\nAs long as the bank<\/p>\n<p>Account is full up<br \/>\nNobody cares<br \/>\nThe oceans a soup<br \/>\nOf tragic affairs<br \/>\nEverything\u2019s dying<br \/>\nCompromised so<br \/>\nNo such word as respect<br \/>\nLife has reached a new low<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have seen the beginning How long to the end The emergence of madness The countdown my friend The embryonic nature of man The light of day And our wonderful plan The end time is coming Hearts ceasing eyes closing &hellip; 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