{"id":50710,"date":"2021-04-15T21:18:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T21:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=50710"},"modified":"2021-04-15T21:29:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T21:29:14","slug":"a-view-from-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/04\/a-view-from-the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"A view from the table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The polar bear Hotel<br \/>\nIn Heilongjiang it is where they<br \/>\nBecome the main attraction<br \/>\nFor visitors who stay<br \/>\nAt this hotel in Harbin<br \/>\nWhere artificial ice<br \/>\nAnd pools are built<br \/>\nSuch ignorance<br \/>\nClearly no advice<br \/>\nWas sought before the<br \/>\nUnwitting senseless picture<br \/>\nThe height of absurdity<br \/>\nA work of utter folly<br \/>\nThese bears should all be free<\/p>\n<p>Prisoners to entertain<br \/>\nHotel guests we hear<br \/>\nHow so idiotic<br \/>\nTo me its very clear<br \/>\nWild animals should never be<br \/>\nAbused in such a way<br \/>\nCreated atmospherically<br \/>\nAs a living display<\/p>\n<p>Clearly unsound minds<br \/>\nOffered up<br \/>\nA zoo like sad display<br \/>\nLocked up inside a glass cell<br \/>\nThat can never be a way<br \/>\nIts a derangement of designers<br \/>\nTowards the wild souls who<br \/>\nAll feel persecuted<br \/>\nAs they would expect to do<\/p>\n<p>People staring at them<br \/>\nA neurosis would appear<br \/>\nBeing constantly stared at<br \/>\nBewilderment and fear<br \/>\nIts maddening and frightful<br \/>\nResigned to it each day<br \/>\nThe bafflement of such a stance<br \/>\nThere really is no way<\/p>\n<p>That anything more positive<br \/>\nCan come from this idea<br \/>\nIts meaningless and nonsensical<br \/>\nMaking wild souls fear<br \/>\nIt really is injustice<br \/>\nIts unflattering and wrong<br \/>\nInside a hotel after all<br \/>\nWild bears do not belong<\/p>\n<p>Being powerful and energetic<br \/>\nCogent and inspired<br \/>\nA willingness to be pliant<br \/>\nTo be stared at, they hot wired<br \/>\nOut of the environment<br \/>\nTheir instinctive memory<br \/>\nAnd the need for their true prowess<br \/>\nAnd  responsibility<\/p>\n<p>Lost in a confusion<br \/>\nDismissed out of hand<br \/>\nSo unmotivated<br \/>\nNo protocol at all<br \/>\nAn artificial area<br \/>\nSurrounded by a wall<\/p>\n<p>Purely triviality<br \/>\nA plaything for the eyes<br \/>\nReally insignificant<br \/>\nThats about the size<br \/>\nAll the inactivity<br \/>\nAnd listlessness would be<br \/>\nProne to sleep and heaviness<br \/>\nAnd lasting lethargy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The polar bear Hotel In Heilongjiang it is where they Become the main attraction For visitors who stay At this hotel in Harbin Where artificial ice And pools are built Such ignorance Clearly no advice Was sought before the Unwitting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/04\/a-view-from-the-table\/\">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":[344,173,98,340],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-bears","category-captivity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50710","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=50710"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50712,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50710\/revisions\/50712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}