{"id":2007,"date":"2023-11-29T13:18:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T21:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawrencedurrell.org\/wp_durrell\/?page_id=2007"},"modified":"2024-06-19T10:07:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T17:07:29","slug":"ruins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lawrencedurrell.org\/wp_durrell\/ruins\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ruins<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>by David Radavich<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These were once faces.<\/p>\n<p>Faces of buildings,<br \/>\nfaces of people.<\/p>\n<p>Eyes of what artists<br \/>\nonce longed for<br \/>\nwoven or carved,<\/p>\n<p>now strewn like scarves<br \/>\nafter an assignation.<\/p>\n<p>The assignation was war<br \/>\nand did not end well.<\/p>\n<p>Love stayed<br \/>\nin a far bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>Now there\u2019s nothing<br \/>\nbut rubble and sun<br \/>\nrelentless and cruel.<\/p>\n<p>Step carefully.<br \/>\nYou do not want to fall<br \/>\nlike our ancestors.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re beyond that now:<br \/>\nmore civilized. Our bombs<br \/>\ndrop at a distance<br \/>\nand happen to others.<\/p>\n<p>Our ruins remain<br \/>\nyet to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Ruins by David Radavich These were once faces. Faces of buildings, faces of people. Eyes of what artists once longed for woven or carved, now strewn like scarves after an assignation. The assignation was war and did not end well. Love stayed in a far bedroom. Now there\u2019s nothing but rubble and sun relentless &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencedurrell.org\/wp_durrell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencedurrell.org\/wp_durrell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencedurrell.org\/wp_durrell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencedurrell.org\/wp_durrell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencedurrell.org\/wp_durrell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencedurrell.org\/wp_durrell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2208,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencedurrell.org\/wp_durrell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2007\/revisions\/2208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencedurrell.org\/wp_durrell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}