{"id":75,"date":"2013-07-25T21:17:17","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T21:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keithchandlerpoet.com\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2020-07-13T08:15:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T08:15:44","slug":"the-goldsmiths-apprentice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keithchandlerpoet.com\/?page_id=75","title":{"rendered":"The Goldsmith\u2019s Apprentice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>The Goldsmith&#8217;s Apprentice<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"poem\">You will change into \u2018trashers\u2019, canvas shoes,<br \/>when you lock yourself in at eight.<br \/>Collecting your strongbox from the safe<br \/>it will be weighed.\u00a0 It will be weighed again<br \/>when you clock off at six.<br \/>You will sit at a vice with apron attached<br \/>to funnel the filed off dust.<br \/>You will blow your nose into newspaper<br \/>and not put grease in your hair.<br \/>Similarly, when you swill your hands<br \/>(your lunch box having been inspected)<br \/>it will be into this tank of sawdust<br \/>into which you will also expectorate.<br \/>All these &#8211; shoes, clothes, snot, sawdust &#8211;<br \/>will be burnt off at the end of the month<br \/>into a rough bar called an \u2018elmer\u2019<br \/>worth more than you earn all year.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"poem\">In return we will teach you to saw and buff;<br \/>to solder, blowpipe dangling from your lip<br \/>like a forgotten cheroot;<br \/>to cast by \u2018lost wax method\u2019<br \/>rings and brooches, each mould unique<br \/>then melted out, weeping fat tears;<br \/>to hammer flake so fine<br \/>it will float like a feather above your face;<br \/>to draw out wire for filigree work<br \/>shinier than a girl\u2019s hair, stronger than her love;<br \/>to forge, clinging like slinky fingers<br \/>to Beauty\u2019s neck, chains so slim<br \/>no one but yourself may see the links.<br \/>You will breathe this atmosphere of dust<br \/>and soft percussion, dying at last<br \/>stoop backed, purblind,<br \/>your lungs lit up like a golden branch.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Goldsmith&#8217;s Apprentice \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You will change into \u2018trashers\u2019, canvas shoes,when you lock yourself in at eight.Collecting your strongbox from the safeit will be weighed.\u00a0 It will be weighed againwhen you clock off at six.You will sit at a vice with apron attachedto funnel the filed off dust.You will blow your nose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keithchandlerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keithchandlerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keithchandlerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keithchandlerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keithchandlerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/keithchandlerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":496,"href":"https:\/\/keithchandlerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions\/496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keithchandlerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}