{"id":555,"date":"2008-05-26T03:10:04","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T03:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=555"},"modified":"2014-09-10T03:12:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T03:12:17","slug":"a-smile-unseen-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-smile-unseen-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"A Smile Unseen At Night"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A smile by us unseen
\nIn the darkness of night
\nA stranger greets a stranger
\nWho has come into sight
\nBut the stranger he stops not
\nOr dallies for a while
\nHe knows unless he has money
\nThere no point in returning the smile
\nAnd a few yards behind him
\nAnother man by walks
\nAt whom the lady smiles
\nAnd him, he stops and talks
\nA moment from life on the city
\nWhere the women walk the street
\nAnd friendship and sex is for sale
\nTo every man they meet
\nAnd in these proserous times
\nWe seek it an industry to make
\nHow can we call ourselves civilised
\nWhen a womans dignity we forsake?<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A smile by us unseen In the darkness of night A stranger greets a stranger Who has come into sight But the stranger he stops not Or dallies for a while He knows unless he has money There no point in returning the smile And a few yards behind him …<\/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":[7],"tags":[647,808,809],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-ladies-of-the-night","tag-prostitution","tag-red-light-district","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-8X","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3149,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/in-paris-town\/","url_meta":{"origin":555,"position":0},"title":"In Paris Town","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"30th August 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In Paris town lives a lady Maybe drinks coffee in a cafe Dark hair, nice smile, long legs Well it is I remember her If her today I saw And into her eyes looked Shed look at me unknowing For she would not know me And if her eyes were\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Love Poems"","block_context":{"text":"Love Poems","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/love-poems\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Paris Cafe Lady","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Paris-Cafe-Lady.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1424,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/skopje-at-night\/","url_meta":{"origin":555,"position":1},"title":"Skopje At Night","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"28th January 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The ladies are very friendly In the carpark outside the hotel If your interested and have money For you all will be well... 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