{"id":2797,"date":"2016-06-12T06:58:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T06:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2016-06-12T06:58:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T06:58:01","slug":"bodies-and-balls-both-in-the-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/bodies-and-balls-both-in-the-nets\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodies and Balls, Both in the Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The crowd roars in excitement, in stadium, on television
\nIn bars and in streets, oblivious to the division
\nBetween the balls and the bodies, both in the nets
\nOne makes the front pages, the latter a paragraph gets,
\nYou can make money from football, so it is good
\nRefugees cost money, though help them we know we should,
\nThe defence it is broken, he through, its a score!
\nOn the coast, on the beach, or in nets, there is found one body more.<\/p>\n

\"LE
LE Aisling at Galway docks. The Irish navy are working in the Mediterranean picking up the lost and the bodies, 700 dead this year alone. The LE Eithne and LE Roisin are involved in the search and rescue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The crowd roars in excitement, in stadium, on television In bars and in streets, oblivious to the division Between the balls and the bodies, both in the nets One makes the front pages, the latter a paragraph gets, You can make money from football, so it is good Refugees cost …<\/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":[702,53,2902],"tags":[2909,2911,2907,2906,2905,1165,2904,61,2913,2903,2908,2910,2912],"class_list":["post-2797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arab-spring","category-civil-rights","category-refugee-crisis","tag-euro-2016","tag-fans","tag-irish-navy","tag-le-eithne","tag-me-roisin","tag-media","tag-meditteranian","tag-news","tag-priorities-in-the-news","tag-refugee-crisis","tag-soccer","tag-statde-de-france","tag-television","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-J7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1847,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/breaking-the-duck-at-the-roisin-dubh-some-salsa-dancing-and-tai-chi-in-galway-getting-through-the-bucket-list-and-early-onset-mid-life-crisis\/","url_meta":{"origin":2797,"position":0},"title":"Breaking the Duck at the Roisin Dubh, some Salsa Dancing and Tai Chi in Galway – Getting through the Bucket List and Early Onset Mid Life Crisis!","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"8th June 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Try something new they said. 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