{"id":64057,"date":"2024-07-11T01:34:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T01:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=64057"},"modified":"2024-07-11T01:49:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T01:49:03","slug":"a-daily-dose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/07\/a-daily-dose\/","title":{"rendered":"A daily dose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A daily dose of genocide<br \/>\nOf children blown to bits<br \/>\nEveryday they pass away<br \/>\nWhere the hell it sits<br \/>\nIn spirit and in loving<br \/>\nA glorious atmosphere<br \/>\nA vast tragic rubble heap<br \/>\nA people so sincere<br \/>\nTheir Indigenous persuasion<br \/>\nLost souls in a way<br \/>\nTheir homes ransacked and stolen<br \/>\nKingdom come today<br \/>\nChildren playing in the street<br \/>\nTargeted  and killed<br \/>\nInnocence laid out before us<br \/>\nTheir precious blood is spilled<\/p>\n<p>Bombs rain down on Gaza<br \/>\nSo many lies are told<br \/>\nIsraeli gunships firing<br \/>\nSo many people sold<br \/>\nFamine strikes the youth the old<br \/>\nA culture of dismay<br \/>\nOrdinary people<br \/>\nBeautiful souls<br \/>\nJust are blown away<\/p>\n<p>Snipers snipe<br \/>\nBombers bomb<br \/>\nSavage deeds<br \/>\nFrom Jack and Tom<br \/>\nAmerican weapons<br \/>\nBritish too<br \/>\nThe Europeans<br \/>\nYes all through<br \/>\nDaily played out on our screens<br \/>\nThe political the pain<br \/>\nThe sinful violence decked with blood<br \/>\nThe thoroughly insane<br \/>\nSkeleton shapes are everywhere<br \/>\nBroken and twisted forms<br \/>\nEvictions coming everyday<br \/>\nHearts broken evil storms<br \/>\nRaging through humanity<br \/>\nEach of us we feel<br \/>\nThe tempestuous true evil<br \/>\nThe ugliness the real<br \/>\nSadness every soul found lying<br \/>\nMurdered in their bed<br \/>\nShot to bits<br \/>\nWe are sharing<br \/>\nTheir agony it sits<br \/>\nSquarely with our soul urge<br \/>\nPoliticians they<br \/>\nTell us Isreal has the right<br \/>\nTo defend itself and play<br \/>\nIt\u2019s tune above all others<br \/>\nIt\u2019s propaganda we<br \/>\nHere it playing in our soul<br \/>\nTheir vile depravity<br \/>\nThe tories and the Labour leaders<br \/>\nPronouncing all the way<br \/>\nDenying that the horrid war<br \/>\nIs how the world must pay<br \/>\nZionism all conquering<br \/>\nThousands in their graves<br \/>\nCovered in dust and glory<br \/>\nSo many innocent slaves<br \/>\nBroken and torn their purelives lost<br \/>\nWomen and children all<br \/>\nWe hear their collective screaming<br \/>\nAs the shrapnel hits the wall<br \/>\nHospitals are falling<br \/>\nMosques are crumbling too<br \/>\nUniversities blown apart<br \/>\nAll of this is true<br \/>\nThe Lancet tells us the numbers<br \/>\nDenied by Israel<br \/>\nSo many loving mothers<br \/>\nAnd their children<br \/>\nLost in Hell<br \/>\nThank goodness for South Africa<br \/>\nWho stood up who were brave<br \/>\nThey had gone through uprisings<br \/>\nAnd felt that they could save<br \/>\nUs all from what was genocide<br \/>\nPlayed out every day<br \/>\nEloquently put to bed<br \/>\nIt was the only way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI woke up in the middle of the night<br \/>\nThese words dredged up from my soul<br \/>\nFrom the river to the sea<br \/>\nHearts deliver painfully\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A daily dose of genocide Of children blown to bits Everyday they pass away Where the hell it sits In spirit and in loving A glorious atmosphere A vast tragic rubble heap A people so sincere Their Indigenous persuasion Lost &hellip; 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