I, a walker, have long planned
\nTo walk the Camino way
\nBut life such plans have thwarted
\nSo I write here today
\nWhere life takes time for cash to live
\nWhen time to walk I have the cash is gone
\nThe rat race of Mammon to which we dance
\nGoes on, and on, and on, and on…
\nBut I someday shall cast aside
\nThe chains by which capitalism binds me
\nDeclare farewell to the Mammon Gods
\nOn the road to Compostella I will be!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I, a walker, have long planned To walk the Camino way But life such plans have thwarted So I write here today Where life takes time for cash to live When time to walk I have the cash is gone The rat race of Mammon to which we dance Goes …<\/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":[8,81,1,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","category-travel-poems","category-uncategorized","category-walking-verses","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-nX","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1415,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/dancing-girl-chasing-mammon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1485,"position":0},"title":"Dancing Girl – Chasing Mammon","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th October 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Keep your mind on the money, keep your eyes on the wall\" - Tina Turner \"In Japan, dance is an art form. 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