{"id":23827,"date":"2022-05-17T22:21:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T22:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=23827"},"modified":"2022-05-17T22:23:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T22:23:53","slug":"life-island-times-a-day-too-long-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/life-island-times-a-day-too-long-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Life &#038; Island Times: A Day Too Long Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Author&#8217;s Note: After reading what our dear leaders now want to legislate regarding price gouging inflation, I penned this very rough draft to chase away the blues. We may be approaching ours, but they&#8217;re well past their expiration dates.<\/p>\n<p>Lord help us.<\/p>\n<p>-Marlow<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-23829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/051722-1-LIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/051722-1-LIT.jpg 313w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/051722-1-LIT-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/051722-1-LIT-228x281.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every step these days we walk a fine line<br \/>\nYour days are numbered, so are mine<br \/>\nTime is running out, so we struggle not to stray<br \/>\nWe feel all boxed in, nowhere to escape<\/p>\n<p>World&#8217;s just a jungle, too many games to play<br \/>\nFeeling trapped, no use tryin&#8217; to get away<br \/>\nWe were raised in another time n&#8217; country, no longer working downtown<br \/>\nSeems like we\u2019ve been in trouble ever since we set our briefcases down<\/p>\n<p>Sky\u2019s full of fire, electronic pain\u2019s pouring down<br \/>\nNothing they can sell us, we\u2019ve seen it before all around<br \/>\nAll our powers of expression n thoughts were once sublime<br \/>\nCan\u2019t ever do these times justice in reason or rhyme<\/p>\n<p>Only one thing we did wrong<br \/>\nStayed in DC a day too long<\/p>\n<p>Well, the censors\u2019re in the alley, jackasses in the stall<br \/>\nCan\u2019t say anything we wanna, they don\u2019t wanna hear it at all<br \/>\nLike walking through dead leaves falling from the trees<br \/>\nFeeling like strangers nobody hears or sees<\/p>\n<p>We sailors got here following southern stars<br \/>\nHad to cross that river just to get to where we are<br \/>\nOnly one thing we did wrong<br \/>\nStayed in DC a day too long<\/p>\n<p>Well, our ships\u2019s been pounded into splinters, sinking real fast<br \/>\nWe\u2019re drowning in this poison, got no future, long gone is our past<br \/>\nBut our hearts\u2019re not weary, we\u2019re always fight while we\u2019re still free<br \/>\nWe\u2019ve got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with you and me<\/p>\n<p>Our clothes might be salty and wet, tight on the skin<br \/>\nNot as tight as the corners they\u2019re trying to paint us in<br \/>\nWell, city\u2019s emptiness is endless, cold as Georgia clay<br \/>\nWe \u2018re always welcomed back, as long as we pay<\/p>\n<p>Only one thing we did wrong<br \/>\nStayed in DC a day too long<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/051722-2-LIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/051722-2-LIT.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/051722-2-LIT-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/051722-2-LIT-500x240.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><br \/>\nCopyright 2022 My Aisle Seat<br \/>\nwww.vicsocotra.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author&#8217;s Note: After reading what our dear leaders now want to legislate regarding price gouging inflation, I penned this very rough draft to chase away the blues. We may be approaching ours, but they&#8217;re well past their expiration dates. Lord help us. -Marlow Every step these days we walk a fine line Your days are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-island-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23831,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23827\/revisions\/23831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}