{"id":66,"date":"2011-11-13T18:55:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T18:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2011-11-13T18:55:05","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T18:55:05","slug":"a-pig-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/11\/a-pig-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pig Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>The sweet little white oneOne of my piglets<br \/>\nHas been taken from me<br \/>\n<!--more-->Who did lovingly<br \/>\nCuddle up warmly<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s gone<br \/>\nthough its hard<br \/>\nIn this gestation crate<br \/>\nCos I&#8217;m always on guard.<\/p>\n<p>Against crushing my babies<br \/>\nI cannot turn around<br \/>\nI sit on my sores<br \/>\nOn the cold shitty ground<br \/>\nI weep for myself<br \/>\nand humanity too<br \/>\nFor in essence advancement<br \/>\nWon&#8217;t happen for you<\/p>\n<p>You are lost<br \/>\nin your paper trail<br \/>\nMoney and Power<br \/>\nProfit and Margins<br \/>\nI may be a sow<br \/>\nBut have an intelligence<br \/>\nI have a brain<br \/>\nI have an instinct<br \/>\nagain and again<\/p>\n<p>They have raped me<br \/>\nand made me<br \/>\nspend months in these crates<br \/>\nagain its is monstrous<br \/>\nthat your lot creates<br \/>\nSuch infamous torture<br \/>\nfor birthing should be<br \/>\nquiet clean and comfortable<br \/>\ndone so gently<\/p>\n<p>instead its rendition<br \/>\nits torture its pain<br \/>\nIts satanic and senseless<br \/>\nAnd of course it does drain<br \/>\nthe life out of me<br \/>\nand we all suffer so<br \/>\nAnd now I&#8217;ve lost one of them<br \/>\nWhere did he go?<\/p>\n<p>And then I saw him<br \/>\nin the hands of that man<br \/>\nHolding him skywards<br \/>\nWhat was his plan<br \/>\nToo late<br \/>\ncrashing down<br \/>\nto the cold concrete floor<br \/>\nHe just killed the baby<br \/>\nI did so adore<\/p>\n<p>I just couldn&#8217;t help myself<br \/>\nTears filled my eyes<br \/>\nI was bashed on the snout<br \/>\nWith a big pair of pliars<br \/>\nbut the thought that this<br \/>\nmurdering scum bag should feel<br \/>\nHe could murder my child<br \/>\nand I wouldn&#8217;t squeal<\/p>\n<p>He hit me again<br \/>\nand kicked me as well<br \/>\nMy poor legs were bruised<br \/>\nand arthritic as hell<br \/>\nI was sickened with grief<br \/>\nand agonised by<br \/>\nthe bruise on my legs<br \/>\nand just wondering why<\/p>\n<p>a sentient human<br \/>\ncan contemplate this<br \/>\ninordinate torture<br \/>\nI&#8217;d wanted to kiss<br \/>\nmy baby, but this brute<br \/>\nchucked him on the floor<br \/>\nand kicked him along<br \/>\nright out of the door<\/p>\n<p>I was sullen, I vowed<br \/>\nI would not eat again<br \/>\nI was under the most<br \/>\nterrible strain<br \/>\nI wouldn&#8217;t allow them<br \/>\nto abuse me no more<br \/>\nBut in fact I was earmarked<br \/>\nfor slaughter, so<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t walk<br \/>\nI couldn&#8217;t get up<br \/>\nBut they got a fork lift<br \/>\nwith a sort of a cup<br \/>\nand picked me up out of the<br \/>\nGestation crate<br \/>\nand went for slaughter<br \/>\nToday was the date<\/p>\n<p>All my piglets were gone<br \/>\nTo China Town they<br \/>\nWould all be, suckling pigs<br \/>\nYes they would pay<br \/>\nWith their young lives<br \/>\nin many ways, they<br \/>\nwere far better off<br \/>\ndying this way<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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