{"id":5823,"date":"2026-05-23T12:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/?p=5823"},"modified":"2026-05-23T12:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:27:07","slug":"it-used-to-be-a-peaceful-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/it-used-to-be-a-peaceful-city\/","title":{"rendered":"It Used to Be A Peaceful City"},"content":{"rendered":"

The heedless government allowed
\nhundreds of thousands to sneak in
\nit\u2019s once peaceful city.
\nThey were unvetted, military age men
\nwho didn\u2019t share the country\u2019s values,
\nwho didn\u2019t respect their women or
\ntheir laws.
\nAs a result, crime rose, shoplifting,
\npickpocketing, rapes, knife attacks.
\nNow the city is an unsafe, shrinking
\nhellscape people are fleeing from.<\/p>\n

Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The heedless government allowed hundreds of thousands to sneak in it\u2019s once peaceful city. They were unvetted, military age men who didn\u2019t share the country\u2019s values, who didn\u2019t respect their women or their laws. As a result, crime rose, shoplifting, pickpocketing, rapes, knife attacks. Now the city is an unsafe, shrinking hellscape people are fleeing… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}