{"id":3151,"date":"2017-08-29T07:41:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T13:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2017-08-29T16:05:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T22:05:59","slug":"swapping-chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2017\/08\/29\/swapping-chains\/","title":{"rendered":"Swapping Chains"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol class=\"poem\">\n<li>Break your iron shackles; replace with broken keys.<\/li>\n<li>Have a taste of freedom, but never really free.<\/li>\n<li>Bathed with flaming water didn\u2019t bleach your skin.<\/li>\n<li>Cursed with myth and scripture, philosophies of men.<\/li>\n<li>Take your dimes and dollars to build the halls so grand<\/li>\n<li>\u2019Cross the traded ocean, but never in your land.<\/li>\n<li>No ticket for the mountain, no fig leaves for your waist,<\/li>\n<li>No oil for your forehead, no tokened hands embraced,<\/li>\n<li>No families forever, no broken bread or wine,<\/li>\n<li>No pastor, priest, or elder, and no empowered climb,<\/li>\n<li>No tongues or hands of healing, no prophecy or dreams,<\/li>\n<li>No chance for highest glory until the white man deems.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Listen to me read this poem:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F340056246&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=ff5500\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Like my poetry? Send me a pledge on Patreon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/kimsiever\">for as little as $1 per month<\/a>. Get pre-release access, watch me write my poems live, and even access exclusive video of me explaining the symbols and metaphors in the poems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Break your iron shackles; replace with broken keys. Have a taste of freedom, but never really free. Bathed with flaming water didn\u2019t bleach your skin. Cursed with myth and scripture, philosophies of men. Take your dimes and dollars to build the halls so grand \u2019Cross the traded ocean, but never in your land. No ticket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_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_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/chain-232930_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-OP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2963,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2016\/10\/17\/black-and-white\/","url_meta":{"origin":3151,"position":0},"title":"Black and White","author":"Kim Siever","date":"17 October 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Weak and might, dim and bright. 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