{"id":118,"date":"2020-06-26T17:41:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T16:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2021-11-05T12:01:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T12:01:15","slug":"viral-empathy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=118","title":{"rendered":"Viral Empathy"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-118-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Viral-Empathy.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Viral-Empathy.mp3\">https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Viral-Empathy.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>A silent killer<br \/>\nstalks the street,<br \/>\nthe cafes and shops,<br \/>\nwhere people meet.<\/p>\n<p>It does not care<br \/>\nwhose life it takes<br \/>\nwhose breath it stops<br \/>\nor orphan makes.<\/p>\n<p>Touch is banned<br \/>\nin public space<br \/>\nno handshake warm,<br \/>\nno fond embrace.<\/p>\n<p>But, silent too,<br \/>\nand angel flies<br \/>\nawaking hopes,<br \/>\nforgotten ties &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>of neighbour&#8217;s care<br \/>\nof loving others<br \/>\nand generous acts<br \/>\nto sisters, brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Across the streets,<br \/>\nnow silent spaces,<br \/>\nhear clapping hands,<br \/>\nsee smiling faces.<\/p>\n<p>3.4.20<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=834\">NEXT POEM &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-118-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Viral-Empathy.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Viral-Empathy.mp3\">https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Viral-Empathy.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>A silent killer<br \/>\nstalks the street,<br \/>\nthe cafes and shops,<br \/>\nwhere people meet.<\/p>\n<p>It does not care<br \/>\nwhose life it takes<br \/>\nwhose breath it stops<br \/>\nor orphan makes.<\/p>\n<p>Touch is banned<br \/>\nin public space<br \/>\nno handshake warm,<br \/>\nno fond embrace.<\/p>\n<p>But, silent too,<br \/>&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"margintop-large margintop-xlarge-l clear-both\"><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=118#s\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Viral Empathy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":982,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions\/982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}