{"id":1343,"date":"2014-12-11T22:30:10","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T22:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2014-12-11T22:42:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T22:42:30","slug":"being-the-embarrassing-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/being-the-embarrassing-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Being the Embarrassing Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Up<\/a>
Up from the Country<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Embarrassing relations – we all have them !
\nYou put them upstairs, or in a back room
\nSo they are not seen, or heard to speak
\nAs they do not fit your image.<\/p>\n

Some, do not enter by the front door.
\nThey get access to the back… the access others do not have.<\/p>\n

We were the embarrassing relations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Too many showed up, not that they were getting to the front door anyway.
\nBut some bright spark told us to go back to where we came.
\nWe did not go.<\/p>\n

We went to the back door as requested. But the back door is boring, so we left.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Embarrassing Relations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And stopped by the front door.
\nBut the gate was locked.
\nThe guard dogs kept barking.
\nThey would not eat our biscuits. Or crisps. Or anything.<\/p>\n

Though when most of us went home, they started to wag their tails a little.<\/p>\n

Some got out, and up the street growled and acted menacingly.<\/p>\n

Some folk said they should be put down… they are a menace to society.<\/p>\n

While they stopped us going in the front door, the burglars returned.<\/p>\n

And the telly, the washing machine that were left at the last robbery, were taken this time.<\/p>\n

But at least our German neighbors did not see the embarrassing relations getting to the front door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Embarrassing relations – we all have them ! You put them upstairs, or in a back room So they are not seen, or heard to speak As they do not fit your image. Some, do not enter by the front door. They get access to the back… the access others …<\/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":[571,120,1518],"tags":[1202,1520,1521,1522,663,1525,1201,1523,1519,1091,1524],"class_list":["post-1343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austerity","category-non-rhyming-poems","category-water-protests","tag-irishwater","tag-kildarestreet","tag-storyful","tag-wearenottheenemy","tag-austerity-2","tag-embarrassing-relations","tag-irish-water","tag-recitation","tag-right2water","tag-water","tag-water-protests-2","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-lF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1019,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/marching-for-water-in-tullamore\/","url_meta":{"origin":1343,"position":0},"title":"Marching for Water in Tullamore","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"1st November 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Rain falls from where some denied it falls Washed the streets over which protesters calls Echos to where the water falls from: From where politicians denied it's from As they try to claim black is white Try to claim water is not a human right But a commodity to be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Austerity"","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Water protesters in Tullamore today.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141101_141709.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141101_141709.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141101_141709.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141101_141709.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141101_141709.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141101_141709.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1349,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/stopped-clocks-and-all-that-the-kildare-street-standoff-and-merrion-square-rollover-right2water-dec-10-protests\/","url_meta":{"origin":1343,"position":1},"title":"Stopped Clocks and All That – The Kildare Street Standoff and Merrion Square Rollover – right2water Dec 10 protests","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th December 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Beyond the wire A photo posted by Thomas Carty (@tomjcarty) on Dec 12, 2014 at 8:05am PST Kevin Higgins is a writer - who I satire as Poet Biggins - with whom I have had my issues (Boobgate and all that!), but even he hits it on the nail every\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Austerity"","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Guards protecting the Love Ulster parade last time, and attacking the rioters. Will we see this on the streets of Dublin again?","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.indymedia.ie\/attachments\/feb2006\/charge_of_the_not_so_light_brigade_50.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.indymedia.ie\/attachments\/feb2006\/charge_of_the_not_so_light_brigade_50.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.indymedia.ie\/attachments\/feb2006\/charge_of_the_not_so_light_brigade_50.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.indymedia.ie\/attachments\/feb2006\/charge_of_the_not_so_light_brigade_50.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2980,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/fear-the-little-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":1343,"position":2},"title":"Fear the Little People","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"14th July 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The business man from America was in Ireland to see the sights In Blarney to see and kiss the stone, in Donegal for the Northern Lights In Dublin he got talking to a politician underneath Christchurch steeple Was fascinated when he was told to \"Fear the little people\" \"Have you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Austerity"","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Phillip Preston RIP - One of the Jobstown protesters who passed away last week. This humerous poem is dedicated to his memory.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Phillip-Preston-RIP-One-of-the-Jobstown-protesters.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Phillip-Preston-RIP-One-of-the-Jobstown-protesters.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Phillip-Preston-RIP-One-of-the-Jobstown-protesters.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Phillip-Preston-RIP-One-of-the-Jobstown-protesters.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Phillip-Preston-RIP-One-of-the-Jobstown-protesters.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1169,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/we-are-not-the-enemy\/","url_meta":{"origin":1343,"position":3},"title":"We Are Not the Enemy","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th November 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"We are not the enemy, the folk who pay the bills, Who try to pay their mortgages, who themselves through suicide kills Because there is no hope to be seen, at whom developers sneer Stating \"there must have been other issues too\", when journalists appear To show an interest in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Austerity"","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Protesters hemmed in by the Garda at the Mansion House in Dublin","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Protesters-hemmed-in-by-the-Garda-at-the-Mansion-House-in-Dublin.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Protesters-hemmed-in-by-the-Garda-at-the-Mansion-House-in-Dublin.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Protesters-hemmed-in-by-the-Garda-at-the-Mansion-House-in-Dublin.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Protesters-hemmed-in-by-the-Garda-at-the-Mansion-House-in-Dublin.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Protesters-hemmed-in-by-the-Garda-at-the-Mansion-House-in-Dublin.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1923,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/was-your-dad-a-metre-man\/","url_meta":{"origin":1343,"position":4},"title":"Was Your Dad a Metre Man?","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"1st May 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Did he install the meters Or did he stand in the way Of the men who installed the metres But were sent away By ordinary heros Nobody tough or rough or hard Stood up to bullying builders Security officers and guard Was your dad one of these Or was it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Austerity"","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newstalk.com\/content\/000\/images\/000048\/50820_54_news_hub_44323_328x250.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3728,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/enda-exits-legacy-of-lives-lost\/","url_meta":{"origin":1343,"position":5},"title":"Enda Exits – Legacy of Lives Lost","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"18th May 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Enda Kenny is set to retire as I speak as Fine Gael leader, and as prime minister when a replacement is found, and we look back on a legacy that will be shrouded darkly by the ghosts of the dead - those who killed themselves as a result of banks\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Austerity"","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The little people to be afraid of are not the leprechauns... its the citizens saying they have had enough of austerity and will take no more!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1348,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions\/1348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}