{"id":51787,"date":"2021-09-17T09:52:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T09:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=51787"},"modified":"2021-09-17T10:04:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T10:04:11","slug":"skyscrapers-and-mindlessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/09\/skyscrapers-and-mindlessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyscrapers and mindlessness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A poem from the wild birds<\/p>\n<p>In fact its their appeal<\/p>\n<p>Nocturnal migrations<\/p>\n<p>are very very real<\/p>\n<p>when the air is calmer<\/p>\n<p>less strength needed for flight<\/p>\n<p>less predators to complicate<\/p>\n<p>and we then use the light<\/p>\n<p>the moon in all its splendour<\/p>\n<p>the stars that polarise<\/p>\n<p>the Earth\u2019s magnetic field<\/p>\n<p>and of course pure sight<\/p>\n<p>as to your well lit buildings<\/p>\n<p>and skyscrapers you see<\/p>\n<p>although we are \u00a0attentive<\/p>\n<p>They really shine brightly<\/p>\n<p>and it is so confusing<\/p>\n<p>and tragically you see<\/p>\n<p>we fly towards the illuminations<\/p>\n<p>and die \u00a0crushed terribly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it truly is \u00a0frustrating<\/p>\n<p>and makes us wonder why<\/p>\n<p>your architects and engineers<\/p>\n<p>don\u2019t consider us<\/p>\n<p>the sky<\/p>\n<p>is where we are<\/p>\n<p>we share the sky<\/p>\n<p>the mortal dangers \u00a0are<\/p>\n<p>out there, we are suffering<\/p>\n<p>the LIGHT pollution scar<\/p>\n<p>we are painstaking about our routes<\/p>\n<p>as careful as can be<\/p>\n<p>watchfulness and vigilance<\/p>\n<p>and our memory<\/p>\n<p>its generally the unconcern<\/p>\n<p>your laxness everywhere<\/p>\n<p>despite our concentration<\/p>\n<p>high buildings really scare<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the living daylights out of us<\/p>\n<p>and thousands of us die<\/p>\n<p>every night it isn\u2019t right<\/p>\n<p>You should \u00a0try and fly<\/p>\n<p>it feels like discrimination<\/p>\n<p>with misjudgement everywhere<\/p>\n<p>tactless and insensitive<\/p>\n<p>and to top it \u00a0all bad air.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>high structures in our flyways<\/p>\n<p>disorientate, \u00a0they do<\/p>\n<p>its maddening to fly for miles<\/p>\n<p>so many miles<\/p>\n<p>its true<\/p>\n<p>we are dying in our thousands<\/p>\n<p>and its, all down to you.<\/p>\n<p>life is packed with meaning<\/p>\n<p>the halcyon days we spent<br \/>\nenjoying, the summery winds<\/p>\n<p>in the main we are content<\/p>\n<p>so help us think about the birds<\/p>\n<p>Each one of us a \u00a0feathered friend<\/p>\n<p>use the brains you were born with<\/p>\n<p>And please \u00a0please comprehend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem from the wild birds In fact its their appeal Nocturnal migrations are very very real when the air is calmer less strength needed for flight less predators to complicate and we then use the light the moon in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/09\/skyscrapers-and-mindlessness\/\">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":[344,173,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-birds-and-the-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51787","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=51787"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51791,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51787\/revisions\/51791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}