{"id":731,"date":"2006-11-03T10:55:28","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T16:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1991\/6-22-91-upstream-downstream\/"},"modified":"2020-06-05T19:41:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T00:41:09","slug":"6-22-91-upstream-downstream","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=731","title":{"rendered":"6-22-91 Upstream, Downstream"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"clear:left; float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top:10px;;width: 55px;\" name=\"fb_share\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=125029517579627&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=731\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Budapest,Hungary<br \/>\n7:10pm<\/p>\n<p>The sun bounces off the Danube<br \/>\nMagnesium burning bright<br \/>\nI cannot look but I can feel<br \/>\nThe warmth of a new day<br \/>\nHistory of a people this time I know not<br \/>\nMakes my own seem small,unromantic<br \/>\nEach day I slip forward.<\/p>\n<p>A full double barge fights upstream<br \/>\nIn the swirls aft I feel<br \/>\nSpun from seeing my destination<br \/>\nMurky water does not seem to give way<br \/>\nFor one who goes against the flow<br \/>\nSterile white tourist boats gangwayed below<br \/>\nTravel without resistance<br \/>\nBarely moving this sainted water<br \/>\nThe happy faces look nothing like<br \/>\nThe men of cargo and purpose;perhaps&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That is what I see<br \/>\nI see not the pain of the visitors<br \/>\nI see no joy in those who work<br \/>\nI see what suits my fickle mood<br \/>\nWhen it is to be us and them<br \/>\nI write to right these things in me<br \/>\nPerspective:&#8221;What floor please?&#8221;<br \/>\nAnd still this day is beautiful<br \/>\nIn this place that makes me feel young beyond mention.<\/p>\n<p>If I see a barge power down<br \/>\nAnd just float a while<br \/>\nOr a cruise ship carry a burden<br \/>\nLarger than a wedding party<br \/>\nI will smile knowing I am not alone<br \/>\nThat rivers have no choice<\/p>\n<p>And that men do if only for a moment;<br \/>\nWhen I cannot feel but I can look<br \/>\nI will remember this time<br \/>\nThe scales may shift<br \/>\nIt may well be enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Budapest,Hungary 7:10pm The sun bounces off the Danube Magnesium burning bright I cannot look but I can feel The warmth of a new day History of a people this time I know not Makes my own seem small,unromantic Each day I slip forward. A full double barge fights upstream In the swirls aft I feel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":724,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeNcU-bN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4420,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/731\/revisions\/4420"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}