{"id":1231,"date":"2014-10-30T15:22:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T15:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illumination2.wordpress.com\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2014-10-30T15:22:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T15:22:11","slug":"paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Paradise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am walking down the street with a bag of shopping on my left arm.<\/p>\n<p>There is a homeless young man asleep curled up in a blanket with his work boots placed beside him. He has his back to me. From the color of his skin I would have guessed North African. Or he could just be a well-tanned European from his living in the open.<\/p>\n<p>A few feet away a gentleman is taking the picture of his lady partner in front of a Dolce and Gabana store. It&#8217;s the high street and shops on both sides of the long street beckon on you to come and buy expensive goods. Just before them a group of well dressed friends are chatting on the sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p>No one seems to notice him. Acknowledging his presence would awaken the human conscience that results in guilt, so it&#8217;s easier to pretend he is not there.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Collins\/Genesis (song) &#8220;Paradise&#8221; comes to mind.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, I am no different: I walk on in search of the Roma Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>Sept 3, 2014. 8:40pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paradise I am walking down the street with a bag of shopping on my left arm. There is a homeless young man asleep curled up in a blanket with his work boots placed beside him. He has his back to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/paradise\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[43,185,293,405,416,473,750,766,847],"class_list":["post-1231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-african","tag-cathedral","tag-dolce","tag-gabana","tag-genesis","tag-high-street","tag-paradise","tag-phil-collins","tag-roma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}