Sleeping
\nThey lie silent
\nAnd the modern world
\nIgnorant of them
\nPlots and plans
\nTo tear through their restplace
\nAs a walkway
\nBelieving the dead to be
\nJust that,
\nBones
\nNo skin
\nNo matter
\nDo not matter
\nAnd for all that
\nThey think the same of the living
\nMore than skin
\nMore than matter
\nDo not matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sleeping They lie silent And the modern world Ignorant of them Plots and plans To tear through their restplace As a walkway Believing the dead to be Just that, Bones No skin No matter Do not matter And for all that They think the same of the living More than …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256,120],"tags":[260,1248],"class_list":["post-1099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-heritage","category-non-rhyming-poems","tag-braemor","tag-save-irish-heritage","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-hJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1280,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/let-them-lie\/","url_meta":{"origin":1099,"position":0},"title":"Let Them Lie","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"14th November 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Disturb not the bones of the dead! 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