{"id":7240,"date":"2021-06-29T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=7240"},"modified":"2021-06-29T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T05:00:00","slug":"metamorphosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/metamorphosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Metamorphosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>From the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn84024827\/1913-06-29\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\"><em>Bisbee Daily Review, June 29, 1913<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>\n <em>By Roy K. Moulton.<\/em>\n \n\n When statesmen go to Washington\n \u00a0 \u00a0 They are brimful of reform.\n They are for the common people\n \u00a0 \u00a0 And they rant and rave and storm.\n \n Diagnosing the conditions\n \u00a0 \u00a0 They set forth the people\u2019s ills,\n And they load the good old hopper\n \u00a0 \u00a0 With their remedial bills.\n \n For two weeks in January\n \u00a0 \u00a0 They kick up an awful dust,\n And they blow until you\u2019re fearful\n \u00a0 \u00a0 That they\u2019re really going to bust.\n \n Then they quiet down serenely\n \u00a0 \u00a0 And no longer tear their hair.\n And the folks in February\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Wonder if they are still there.\n \n Then the statesmen are forgotten\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Till, along in June we learn\n That the legislative body\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Is getting ready to adjourn.\n \n It is easy to make speeches\n \u00a0 \u00a0 And of grave reforms to shout,\n But it\u2019s somewhat different when it\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Comes to carryin\u2019 \u2018em out.\n \n Promises are stock in trade with\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Statesmen who are seeking fame,\n But old Ultimate Consumer\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Keeps on digging just the same.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> When statesmen go to Washington<br \/>\n     They are brimful of reform.<br \/>\n They are for the common people<br \/>\n     And they rant and rave and storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,3],"tags":[267],"class_list":["post-7240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bisbee-daily-review","category-newspapers","tag-roy-k-moulton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}