{"id":1925,"date":"2015-06-19T07:18:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T07:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2015-06-19T07:19:56","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T07:19:56","slug":"charleston-yesterday-and-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/charleston-yesterday-and-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Charleston Yesterday and Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

God be with the days when it was but a dance
\nWhen you thought of Charleston, in newsreels,
\nOf crazy steps of a crazy dance craze of the twenties
\nToday, numb a world feels
\nAs if we have not moved on since those days
\nOf segregation, discrimination and hate
\nFor someone’s colour of their skin
\nIt’s as if another world as papers state
\nThe facts as they portray them
\nA crazed youth
\nBred to hate though that’s denied, culture of guns
\nI’ve never seen the NRA protect black neighbourhoods
\nGun display is a moment for white sons
\nOf America… let us not be complacent
\nThe love of a few turned hatred on its head in time
\nThe hatred of a few can do the same in a world of love
\nUnless we stop the legacy of this crime..

\"Charleston<\/a>
Charleston shooting victims<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

God be with the days when it was but a dance When you thought of Charleston, in newsreels, Of crazy steps of a crazy dance craze of the twenties Today, numb a world feels As if we have not moved on since those days Of segregation, discrimination and hate For …<\/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":[53],"tags":[1215,2096,2098,2097],"class_list":["post-1925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-rights","tag-america","tag-charleston","tag-racism","tag-shooting","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-v3","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4288,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/crazed-beats-echo-into-the-night\/","url_meta":{"origin":1925,"position":0},"title":"Crazed Beats Echo Into The Night","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"8th February 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uf8TXoM675U This verse I wrote some years back when living in Tullamore, hearing loud music and meeting an old disapproving couple that I looked on wryly while passing! 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