{"id":125,"date":"2013-04-25T12:01:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T12:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slightlymuddy.com\/kuriosum\/?p=125"},"modified":"2013-04-25T12:01:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T12:01:31","slug":"basement-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/slightlymuddy.com\/kuriosum\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"Basement Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Binbag pavement,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Basement shine,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuning up<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To another line.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Doors are empty,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lights all closed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

No one speaking,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

No one knows.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tatoed lady <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaks in riddles;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Turns the cards,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As the fiddler fiddles.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Singing songs<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

His words are lies,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Draws his bow<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At acheing skies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

In the basement shine.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Time ticks by<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Down the telephone wires, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To the monotone chant<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Of castrato choirs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Light is fading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

On the rusty grate<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s burn another secret<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If it’s not too late.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And time still ticks<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

From the telephone mouth;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As the darkness comes,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So we all head south.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The basement rots<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Streets are sickly,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To save ourselves<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We’d better act quickly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the basement shine.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Binbag pavement, Basement shine, Tuning up To another line.   Doors are empty, Lights all closed. No one speaking, No one knows.   Tatoed lady Speaks in riddles; Turns the cards, As the fiddler fiddles.   Singing songs His words are lies, Draws his bow At acheing skies. In the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139,"comment_status":"open","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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-verse-and-worse","has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slightlymuddy.com\/kuriosum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/secret-plans-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7sHEp-21","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":718,"url":"http:\/\/slightlymuddy.com\/kuriosum\/?p=718","url_meta":{"origin":125,"position":0},"title":"FINAL MOMENTS","author":"slightly","date":"April 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"VERSE 1978-1988 Uncle Cedric.\u00a0 Uncle Cedric, in the bath tubDreams of monumental formsBillowing from the steamy water.Closing his eyes, he sighs,The water lapsAround his folded fat;He drifts away to the sun,His spiral orbitRound the plug hole.Uncle Cedric melts intoHis dream;As he disolves, in bubbles,Gurgles down the drain.Next day,When Annie cleans\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "verse and worse"","block_context":{"text":"verse and worse","link":"http:\/\/slightlymuddy.com\/kuriosum\/?cat=8"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slightlymuddy.com\/kuriosum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sewitt.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slightlymuddy.com\/kuriosum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sewitt.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slightlymuddy.com\/kuriosum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sewitt.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slightlymuddy.com\/kuriosum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sewitt.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slightlymuddy.com\/kuriosum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sewitt.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":144,"url":"http:\/\/slightlymuddy.com\/kuriosum\/?p=144","url_meta":{"origin":125,"position":1},"title":"Dreaming of BH","author":"slightly","date":"May 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Last night I dreamed I went to Broadcasting House again. 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