{"id":4102,"date":"2020-01-21T16:46:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T23:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=4102"},"modified":"2020-04-09T15:41:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T21:41:49","slug":"chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2020\/01\/21\/chains\/","title":{"rendered":"Chains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
  1. Shackled and fettered in chains<\/li>
  2. Sacrificed body and brains<\/li>
  3. Hooked up straight into my vein<\/li>
  4. Labour gets sucked down the drain<\/li>
  5. Only for capital gain<\/li>
  6. Ignoring my illness and pain<\/li>
  7. Begging and pleading in vain<\/li>
  8. Silenced each time I complain<\/li>
  9. Speak up considered profane<\/li>
  10. Hours each day on the train<\/li>
  11. Ever extinguishing flame<\/li>
  12. My number is now my new name<\/li>
  13. Whispers in secret start swayin\u2019<\/li>
  14. Conspirators also are sayin\u2019<\/li>
  15. All of us no longer playin\u2019<\/li>
  16. Time for the head to start payin\u2019<\/li>
  17. Together our voices outweighin\u2019<\/li>
  18. As long as we\u2019re standin\u2019 and stayin\u2019<\/li>
  19. Our message more strongly conveyin\u2019<\/li>
  20. Power and strength we\u2019re displayin\u2019<\/li>
  21. This isn\u2019t pretend we\u2019re portrayin\u2019<\/li>
  22. No longer on us are they preyin\u2019<\/li>
  23. Instead, they are cowerin\u2019, prayin\u2019<\/li>
  24. The shackles and fetters decayin\u2019<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Shackled and fettered in chains Sacrificed body and brains Hooked up straight into my vein Labour gets sucked down the drain Only for capital gain Ignoring my illness and pain Begging and pleading in vain Silenced each time I complain Speak up considered profane Hours each day on the train Ever extinguishing flame My number […]<\/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":[45,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-politics-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\/s4NkW7-chains","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3857,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2019\/10\/02\/is-the-lethbridge-scs-really-straining-police-resources\/","url_meta":{"origin":4102,"position":0},"title":"Is the Lethbridge SCS really straining police resources?","author":"Kim Siever","date":"2 October 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week, the Lethbridge Police Service released data for calls to service in Lethbridge. 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