{"id":49025,"date":"2020-12-12T11:36:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T11:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=49025"},"modified":"2020-12-12T23:30:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T23:30:53","slug":"rejoicing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/12\/rejoicing\/","title":{"rendered":"Rejoicing at first blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lass just 13 years old<br \/>\nWas rejoicing<br \/>\nShe had got over a cancer scare<br \/>\nAnd she<br \/>\nWas going  off to hunt<br \/>\nAnd kill some wildlife<br \/>\nExultant in the fortune<br \/>\nWhich was key<\/p>\n<p>Euphoric about claiming<br \/>\nA few white tails<br \/>\nSome bass fishing<br \/>\nAnd whatever came along<br \/>\nShe knew about the unpleasantness<br \/>\nOf suffering<br \/>\nThat kind of infliction<br \/>\nMade her feel<br \/>\nIf only I can just get better quickly<br \/>\nI can go and hunt and kill<br \/>\nSome deer for real<\/p>\n<p>Who thinks like that<br \/>\nGirls today<br \/>\ndo  they really feel<br \/>\nKilling wildlife is rewarding<br \/>\nWhat is it they reveal<br \/>\nIn their sick minds<br \/>\nViolence, wanting to take away<br \/>\nThe freedom of a godly wild soul<br \/>\nRomping,   In the forest<br \/>\nWith its family mindfully at play<\/p>\n<p>Or are they so obtuse<br \/>\nSo dull and stupid<br \/>\nUnconcerned with living<br \/>\nAnd with life<br \/>\nTotally unresponsive to another<br \/>\nAbout but to reward it<br \/>\nWith pure strife<\/p>\n<p>Unconscious completely passionless<br \/>\nExcited<br \/>\nby a parent wanting<br \/>\nThe child to<br \/>\nWalk perhaps in his footsteps<br \/>\nAnd kill a buck afore<br \/>\nHe had killed his first buck<br \/>\nAroused by blood and gore<\/p>\n<p>She knew how to shoot animals<br \/>\nAlready was averse<br \/>\nIn the  boxstand waiting<br \/>\nFor me theres nothing worse<br \/>\nA child convinced that killing<br \/>\nWould be the thing to do<br \/>\nDivide  it from its family<br \/>\nAnd see what did ensue<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi State too<br \/>\nA trophy Buck would be<br \/>\nA feather in her cap<br \/>\nAnd, for her family<br \/>\nthey would see<br \/>\nAt Little Flat Creek Ranch  the place<br \/>\nWhere lots of hunters go<br \/>\nAnd if she could  down a marvellous Buck<br \/>\nAll the world would know<\/p>\n<p>Up there the place was filled<br \/>\nWith godly people<br \/>\nHer words never mine<br \/>\nI would never use<br \/>\nAnything so ghastly<br \/>\nAbout monsters<br \/>\nWho go out in the forest<br \/>\nTo abuse<\/p>\n<p>Aim and pull the trigger<br \/>\nKnowing, a steel ball it would fly<br \/>\nHard into some  living flesh<br \/>\nAnd that young soul would die<br \/>\nGod had pulled her out of cancer<br \/>\nBut not  so she could kill<br \/>\nTried  to create humility<br \/>\nBut its blood she had to spill<\/p>\n<p>With parents like this<br \/>\nReally who needs godliness<br \/>\nElated by the animal coughing blood<br \/>\nWatching it acting skittishly<br \/>\nSensing she was near<br \/>\nExcited by the thrill of murdering<br \/>\nIts death  bringing her cheer<\/p>\n<p>No regret no qualms at all<br \/>\nOnly consolation<br \/>\nAlacrity and happiness<br \/>\nHer very own salvation<br \/>\nRevelling in the jubilation<br \/>\nFeeling ten feet tall<br \/>\nAll the elders smiling<br \/>\nShe had answered their call<\/p>\n<p>Karma may change its mind<br \/>\nIn view of her killing spree<br \/>\nShe best beware can er has a funny way<br \/>\nOf revisiting <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lass just 13 years old Was rejoicing She had got over a cancer scare And she Was going off to hunt And kill some wildlife Exultant in the fortune Which was key Euphoric about claiming A few white tails &hellip; 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