{"id":991,"date":"2017-07-25T15:06:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T22:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/?p=991"},"modified":"2017-07-25T15:06:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T22:06:31","slug":"poem-walking-on-faces-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/?p=991","title":{"rendered":"Poem: &#8220;Walking On Faces&#8221; (2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=556392528\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/track=2712105734\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/godheadscope.bandcamp.com\/album\/before-the-turn\">Before the Turn by Cindervoice<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\">The dim light\r\nhangs.\r\nI punctuate\r\nsilence.\r\n\r\nThe dark corner\r\ncalls.\r\nI choose\r\na careful path.\r\n\r\nThe floor is populated:\r\nmetal faces cry,\r\ngrimace, countenance\r\nthe violence of my gait,\r\n\r\nclanking\r\n     protests;\r\n     warnings;\r\n     death-cries.\r\n\r\nI enter\r\nthe heart.\r\nThe ceiling is low\r\nat my head.\r\n\r\nBrutal steps\r\nring sharp\r\nin my ears.\r\n\r\nDetachment dies in\r\n     protests;\r\n     warnings;\r\n     death-cries.\r\n\r\nI choose\r\na path of return,\r\nfor which I am.\r\n\r\nI remember\r\nthe dead\r\nonly through force,\r\nclanks and cries.\r\n\r\nWhat is my alibi?\r\nWhat is my alibi?<\/pre>\n<p><em>Published as lyrics for Cindervoice\u2019s <strong>Before the Turn<\/strong> LP, 2010. Spurred by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jmberlin.de\/en\/shalekhet-fallen-leaves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Menashe Kadishman\u2019s \u201cShalekhet (Fallen Leaves)\u201d installation<\/a> at the J\u00fcdisches Museum Berlin (Jewish Museum, Berlin); <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ha0aVRnntgY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the Turn by Cindervoice The dim light hangs. I punctuate silence. The dark corner calls. I choose a careful path. The floor is populated: metal faces cry, grimace, countenance the violence of my gait, clanking protests; warnings; death-cries. I enter the heart. The ceiling is low at my head. Brutal steps ring sharp in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/?p=991\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Poem: &#8220;Walking On Faces&#8221; (2010)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,14],"tags":[60,11,19],"class_list":["post-991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cindervoice","category-poetry-lyrics","tag-cindervoice","tag-music","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=991"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":995,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions\/995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}