{"id":3171,"date":"2022-12-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2022-12-17T16:02:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T15:02:31","slug":"london-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2022\/12\/london-life\/","title":{"rendered":"London Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>Author<\/strong>: Anonymous<\/p>\n<p><strong> Piccadilly Pink <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 2\">Let\u2019s seek joy in the greyness<br \/>\nThe pink flowers in the city<br \/>\nThe touch of life in melancholy<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 2\">Let\u2019s change history<br \/>\nWhite men and their smugness<br \/>\nTheir busts and what they express<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 2\">Let\u2019s find fiction<br \/>\nAbout balloons and butterflies<br \/>\nTo alleviate our lives<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 2\">Let\u2019s dream till sunrise<br \/>\nLulled by love and wine addiction<br \/>\nForget about the restriction<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"line-height: 3\"><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Jail Tower<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1\">Jail Tower<br \/>\nDeep blue sky walls<br \/>\nBut I can&#8217;t see the sky<br \/>\nNeither a single flower<br \/>\nWelcome to one of London\u2019s students\u2019 halls<br \/>\nDon\u2019t be shy, come by!<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1\">Explore this amazing place<br \/>\nWhich is my space<br \/>\nMeet the grey squirrels and black cats<br \/>\nWhich wander around the flats<br \/>\nAnd dive into the bins<br \/>\nRoaming little dark djinns<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1\">Let\u2019s go now to my cell<br \/>\nWhere floats a musty smell<br \/>\nI open the window to get fresh air<br \/>\nA scent of smoke or weed climbs to me<br \/>\nThanks to the lower smoker or junky<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1\">Alone in my costly 11 square metres<br \/>\nTrying to find light in this darkness<br \/>\nTo push those frail heaters<br \/>\nTo overcome my loneliness<br \/>\nI hear noises at night<br \/>\nPhone calls, hair dryer, but no one in sight<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1\">I feel like I live with ghosts<br \/>\nDirty and noisy hosts<br \/>\nDon\u2019t know what \u201cto clean\u201d means<br \/>\nThose porcine teens<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1\">When I can I escape<br \/>\nGo to nicer landscapes<br \/>\nTake the old Tube lines<br \/>\nFar away from these swines<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1\">I flee to the city<br \/>\nWhere I enjoy university<br \/>\nMuseums, restaurants and shows<br \/>\nAnd inside my heart, joy flows<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1\">But at night I need to come back<br \/>\nTo my dear bivouac<br \/>\nIn the last minutes of the Tube I get ready<br \/>\nWarm my ankles up<br \/>\nHide my bosom under my shawl<br \/>\nHope to not see a soul<br \/>\nAnd I get up<br \/>\nBreathe deep and exit through the night<br \/>\nSince then, I always made it without a fight<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1\">I&#8217;ll soon be home<br \/>\nIn my beautiful Swiss dome<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll miss the musicals, cream teas, salsa, and my girls,<br \/>\nI really found some pearls<br \/>\nBut I\u2019ll smile at the airport<br \/>\nCause I\u2019ll be out of S****** Court!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Anonymous Piccadilly Pink Let\u2019s seek joy in the greyness The pink flowers in the city The touch of life in melancholy Let\u2019s change history White men and their smugness Their busts and what they express Let\u2019s find fiction About balloons and butterflies To alleviate our lives Let\u2019s dream till sunrise Lulled by love and 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