{"id":4700,"date":"2020-06-14T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T10:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4700"},"modified":"2020-06-14T01:48:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T00:48:26","slug":"george-floyd-a-short-elegy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/george-floyd-a-short-elegy\/","title":{"rendered":"George Floyd – A Short Elegy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"George<\/a>
George Floyd<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nHe served his time for the crimes he had done –
\nWhether sentences given is enough or not,
\nIs the victims right to question and call –
\nBut let it not be forgot
\nEvery saint has a past gone by…
\nEvery sinner a future to come…
\nDont condemn a man for life
\nFor where he came from…<\/p>\n

He died being arrested for such a crime –
\nImagine now if you will,
\nBecause it was alleged – not tried, not proved
\nHe passed in a shop a false twenty dollar bill.
\nIreland, for all its faults,
\nFor doing so you would be only barred
\nThats why the world is up in anger
\nThe name of the “Land of the Free” forever marred…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
US $20 United States twenty-dollar bill – Price of a life in America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He served his time for the crimes he had done – Whether sentences given is enough or not, Is the victims right to question and call – But let it not be forgot Every saint has a past gone by… Every sinner a future to come… Dont condemn a man …<\/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":[2967],"tags":[4295,4294],"class_list":["post-4700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","tag-blacklivesmatter","tag-george-floyd","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1dO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4729,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/price-of-a-life-in-the-land-of-the-free\/","url_meta":{"origin":4700,"position":0},"title":"Price of a Life in the Land of the Free","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"10th August 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"As the world is up in arms over the death of George Floyd, let us reflect on the alleged crime he is deemed guilty of, passing a dud $20 bill. 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