{"id":40960,"date":"2019-04-15T09:29:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T09:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40960"},"modified":"2019-04-15T10:05:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T10:05:33","slug":"bullhooks-and-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/04\/bullhooks-and-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullhooks and  elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the illogicality<br \/>\nOf an elephant so strong<br \/>\nWith a certainty and reasoning<br \/>\nOf where it does belong<br \/>\nIt has a share on instinct<br \/>\nAnd memory of pain<br \/>\nIts misreckoning though  to use<br \/>\nA bull hook<br \/>\nImagining you could gain<br \/>\nReally any credence<br \/>\nFrom the elephant<br \/>\nWho could<br \/>\nwith one swipe<br \/>\nKnock your block off<br \/>\nAnd how would that be good<\/p>\n<p>for me it just is perilous<br \/>\nPerhaps its wavering doubt<br \/>\nBreaking trust is futile<br \/>\nNaivety may shout<br \/>\nFor the elephants<br \/>\nIts on record<br \/>\nThere isnt a way out<br \/>\nLong term trust is broken<br \/>\nThats what its about<\/p>\n<p>For humans its a backwardness<br \/>\nAnd inappreciation<br \/>\nFor the elephant will take the stick<br \/>\nAnd build up its salvation<br \/>\nOf snapping at some future time<br \/>\nIts to blunder one might say<br \/>\nTo be fatuous and tactless<br \/>\nAnd pay for it someday<\/p>\n<p>The day what had accrued was due<br \/>\nthe threats came to ahead<br \/>\nBut from the elephants sanity<br \/>\nIn his right mind was led<br \/>\nTo seek redress from earlier threats<br \/>\nThe balance seemingly<br \/>\nThe line was crossed and it had cost<br \/>\nA life it seems to me<\/p>\n<p>For one so large and powerful<br \/>\nTo threaten as some do<br \/>\nWill never be a shining light<br \/>\nRespected through and through<br \/>\nThey will always be on notice<br \/>\nNegating any good<br \/>\nThreatening abuse of any kind<br \/>\nIs false logic and it could<\/p>\n<p>Lead to a death for<br \/>\n no apparent reason<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the illogicality Of an elephant so strong With a certainty and reasoning Of where it does belong It has a share on instinct And memory of pain Its misreckoning though to use A bull hook Imagining you could gain Really &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/04\/bullhooks-and-elephants\/\">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-40960","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\/40960","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=40960"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40964,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40960\/revisions\/40964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}