{"id":62477,"date":"2024-02-10T11:11:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T11:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=62477"},"modified":"2024-02-10T11:23:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T11:23:21","slug":"opal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/02\/opal-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOpal\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Empty eyes<br \/>\nThat\u2019s Opal<br \/>\nAn Orangutan<br \/>\nAnd she<br \/>\nHas lived<br \/>\nFor many many years<br \/>\nIn fact in solitary<br \/>\nOne of the loveliest primates<br \/>\nAn arborial ape<br \/>\nThough she<br \/>\nEnded up with the Boswell<br \/>\nIn a cage unfortunately<br \/>\nBoswell Wilke Circus<br \/>\nA family from long ago<br \/>\nWho ran a travelling circus<br \/>\nAs a lot of people know<\/p>\n<p>Boswell died in 2021<br \/>\nHe also owned the zoo<br \/>\nAnd Opal has led a miserable life<br \/>\nin Natal Zoo where she<br \/>\nHas been punished sadly<br \/>\nCondemned to a life of hell<br \/>\nAbandoned and imprisoned<br \/>\nIt\u2019s been a flagrant spell<\/p>\n<p>36 years her innocence<br \/>\nRuled by improbity<br \/>\nPalm greasing nepotism<br \/>\nAnd chicanery<br \/>\nManipulated sadly disingenuously<br \/>\nGiven a life of injustice<br \/>\nAnd disloyalty<\/p>\n<p>Suffering she\u2019s been subject<br \/>\nTo an inglorious life of pain<br \/>\nHeart ache and disrespect<br \/>\nNeglected and humiliated<br \/>\nNo one really checked<br \/>\nBoswell was a circus man<br \/>\nFor many many years<br \/>\nWildness not in his time frame<br \/>\nThat\u2019s how it appears<\/p>\n<p>Opal needs a social life<br \/>\nA family and some peace<br \/>\nAnd quiet<br \/>\nSome affection<br \/>\nA sanctuary<br \/>\nA beneficent place<br \/>\nA philanthropic atmosphere<br \/>\nA wild and slower pace<\/p>\n<p>She has a pent up anger<br \/>\nA bitterness I am sure<br \/>\nSuch wanton irritation<br \/>\nDeep down in her core<br \/>\nResentful of her station<br \/>\nEmbittered by it all<br \/>\nAbsolutely infuriated<br \/>\nHer back against the wall<\/p>\n<p>She so wants a touch of freedom<br \/>\nSome trees in fact to climb<br \/>\nTo smell the air with fruit to spare<br \/>\nThe romance of divine<br \/>\nSpirit it\u2019s engaging<br \/>\nA real life love affair<br \/>\nFreedom to just be herself<br \/>\nSociably aware<\/p>\n<p>Petitions on social media<br \/>\nAre rampant seemingly<br \/>\nCast a vote for Opal<br \/>\nFor her present history<br \/>\nHelp to make it happen<br \/>\nHelp her to be free<br \/>\nFrom rotten rusty cages<br \/>\nShe needs authenticity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Empty eyes That\u2019s Opal An Orangutan And she Has lived For many many years In fact in solitary One of the loveliest primates An arborial ape Though she Ended up with the Boswell In a cage unfortunately Boswell Wilke Circus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/02\/opal-2\/\">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":[492,344,173,194,136,377,125,363,180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-not-my-king-story","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-africa","category-circus","category-duty-of-care-was-never-there","category-orangutanperson-of-the-forest","category-wildness-is-our-friend","category-zoos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62477","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=62477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62480,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62477\/revisions\/62480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}