{"id":1684,"date":"2015-05-08T02:15:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T02:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2015-05-08T02:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T02:25:58","slug":"a-future-vision-when-no-future-we-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-future-vision-when-no-future-we-see\/","title":{"rendered":"A Future Vision When No Future We See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nbrlHcTVW9A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Old Folks parties will be great craic when we are of age!!! Geriatric ravers&#8230; what can possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1690\" style=\"width: 1226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Granny-is-a-Raver.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Granny-is-a-Raver.jpg\" alt=\"This Japanese woman was a well known raver. We are trying to find the article on her...\" width=\"1226\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Granny-is-a-Raver.jpg 1226w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Granny-is-a-Raver-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Granny-is-a-Raver-1024x411.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1226px) 100vw, 1226px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Japanese woman was a well known raver. We are trying to find the article on her&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A youth, ranks of alcoholics<br \/>\nTomorrows aged, will enjoy recreational narcotics<br \/>\nIf today&#8217;s youth tomorrows aged will be<br \/>\nWhat kind of world will I live to see?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1692\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Crazy-Raver.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1692\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Crazy-Raver.gif\" alt=\"When the rush comes...\" width=\"411\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When the rush comes&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Granny&#8217;s dislocating hips<br \/>\nDancing to trance music on cruise ships<br \/>\nGetting down and dirty with the crew<br \/>\nOh, what with them will we do?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1694\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rave-Dude-Tripping.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rave-Dude-Tripping.gif\" alt=\"Rave Dude Tripping\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rave Dude Tripping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oh, no future can I see at all<br \/>\nBack to the monkey we will fall<br \/>\nBut if that regress we do<br \/>\nWell enjoy the fun of life too!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rave-Dude.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1693\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rave-Dude.gif\" alt=\"Rave Dude\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And maybe our grandchildren will rebel<br \/>\nBy preaching to us of repentance and tell<br \/>\nAnd well shake our grey heads, and hold out little hope<br \/>\nSaying the world with the youth is on a downward slope!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Old Folks parties will be great craic when we are of age!!! Geriatric ravers&#8230; what can possibly go wrong? A youth, ranks of alcoholics Tomorrows aged, will enjoy recreational narcotics If today&#8217;s youth tomorrows aged will be What kind of world will I live to see? Granny&#8217;s dislocating hips &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[89,376,54,7],"tags":[1838,93,1837,1841,1840,1836,1842,1839,1761],"class_list":["post-1684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny-poems","category-funny-poems-18","category-ireland","category-life","tag-aged","tag-funny-poem","tag-getting-old","tag-old-people","tag-party","tag-poem-on-aging","tag-positive-outlook","tag-raving","tag-secret-sounds","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-ra","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":513,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/when-aged-who-will-hold-her-hand\/","url_meta":{"origin":1684,"position":0},"title":"When Aged, Who Will Hold Her Hand?","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"6th September 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"When aged, who will hold her hand, Remember joys and woes, And who will hold mine when aged am I, As life draws to a close? 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