{"id":4211,"date":"2014-03-28T07:40:49","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T05:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=4211"},"modified":"2014-04-01T07:24:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T04:24:22","slug":"city-rhythm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=4211","title":{"rendered":"City Rhythm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"city\" href=\"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/city.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4212\" alt=\"city\" src=\"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/city-250x250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/city-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/city-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/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<blockquote class=\"sc-blockquote\">City Rhythm<\/p>\n<p>Where is the rhythm in this city,<br \/> The heartbeat rule in every step<br \/> Where individuality fades<br \/> Into our common identity,<br \/> The single beat that binds us, yet<br \/> Is for us an empowering aide<br \/> Saving us in its security,<br \/> Releasing us from that fisher\u2019s net<br \/> That tightens with each coin paid?<\/p>\n<p>This rhythmless meandering roar,<br \/> This awkward cadence, disturbs my peace<br \/> Like unpredictable arguments<br \/> That rise in an apartment next door<br \/> Jolting you each time you fall asleep<br \/> Reminding you that life is torment<br \/> And that recourse to the civil court<br \/> Only adds to the discordant heap<br \/> Of rising civil defoliant.<\/p>\n<p>I want rhythm like a prisoned man<br \/> Yearns an end to his imprisonment,<br \/> To carry his claim to dignity,<br \/> Who simply longs to take a noble stand<br \/> And live a life of calm contentment,<br \/> Shake his neighbour\u2019s hand in amity,<br \/> Walk in open space on a safe land<br \/> Where there are no horns or whistles sent<br \/> Lauding his inferiority.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Garnet Shaw Robbie<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemporary-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4211"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4214,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211\/revisions\/4214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}