{"id":45296,"date":"2020-04-07T17:20:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T17:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=45296"},"modified":"2020-04-07T17:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T17:44:00","slug":"the-macaques-of-lop-buri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/04\/the-macaques-of-lop-buri\/","title":{"rendered":"The macaques of Lop Buri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is It  because of corvid   19<br \/>\nAnd no tourists anymore<br \/>\nThe macaques are doing battle<br \/>\nWith the temple troop<br \/>\nAnd what\u2019s more<br \/>\nTalking to the monkeys<br \/>\nThey are gearing up for war<br \/>\nNo one around to feed them<br \/>\nAnd frustration more and more<\/p>\n<p>The temple troop and the city troop<br \/>\nArch enemies they be<br \/>\nPapayas have been thrown at them<br \/>\nAnd squashes seemingly<br \/>\nPlenty of food  but  the tourists<br \/>\nThe food is varied and they<br \/>\nCan steal their bags and run around<br \/>\nThe city night and day<\/p>\n<p>The halcyon days of tourists<br \/>\nThe law abiding souls<br \/>\nNow sees such bellicosity<br \/>\nAnd mobilising roles<br \/>\nOf the city troop\u2019s pitched battles<br \/>\nLop Buri seems to be<br \/>\nWhere the two groups now are mobilising<br \/>\nIn disputed Territory<\/p>\n<p>We were prosperous before all this<br \/>\nAnd now adversity<br \/>\nHas set in<br \/>\nOnly wretchedness we see<br \/>\nIt feels ominous and sinister<br \/>\nThe mood that does prevail<br \/>\nTyranny is rising<br \/>\nAs authority does fail<\/p>\n<p>So now we all are undisciplined\u2019<br \/>\nAnd we disobey<br \/>\nThere isn\u2019t the authority<br \/>\nAround no one to pay<br \/>\nAny respect whatsoever<br \/>\nWe can just run amok<br \/>\nCriminality is rising<br \/>\nNo one gives a fcuk<\/p>\n<p>The market place is empty<br \/>\nThe economy appears<br \/>\nTo be going down here fast<br \/>\nAnd raising up our fears<br \/>\nAll the shops are shuttered<br \/>\nEven the superstore<br \/>\nNo one cares a monkeys<br \/>\nAnd we are just not sure<\/p>\n<p>Munificence is everywhere<br \/>\nBenevolence appears<br \/>\nA sharing of the same old fruit<br \/>\nThe economy and fears<br \/>\nOf everything going down hill<br \/>\nAnd excitability<br \/>\nTurbulence and impatience<br \/>\nIs What we tend to see<\/p>\n<p>But none of us can understand<br \/>\nWhy the humans seem<br \/>\nOne minute they were everywhere<br \/>\nAnd now no one to scream<br \/>\nAt us we can just run mayhem<br \/>\nAll over the street<br \/>\nSuch intensity<br \/>\nIs everywhere<br \/>\nIt\u2019s making us compete<\/p>\n<p>And we just cant understand<br \/>\nIt<br \/>\nit\u2019s a change we do not need<br \/>\nWe want to go back to the time<br \/>\nWhen all us did lead<br \/>\nA life of true contentment<br \/>\nAround the humans who<br \/>\nWere  always shouting at us<br \/>\nBut they made us happy too<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is It because of corvid 19 And no tourists anymore The macaques are doing battle With the temple troop And what\u2019s more Talking to the monkeys They are gearing up for war No one around to feed them And frustration &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/04\/the-macaques-of-lop-buri\/\">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":[344,173,423,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-lockdown-anomalies","category-monkeys-and-primates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45296","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=45296"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45298,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45296\/revisions\/45298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}