{"id":7200,"date":"2023-02-08T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=7200"},"modified":"2023-01-22T21:56:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T03:56:37","slug":"doug-jacquier-johannesburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=7200","title":{"rendered":"Doug Jacquier &#8220;Johannesburg&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Doug Jacquier<\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Johannesburg<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>My host and his friends<br \/>\nscoff at our rugby team<br \/>\nand our cricket team<br \/>\nand our barbecues<br \/>\nas the smell of burning meat<br \/>\nfrom the braai<br \/>\nchokes the air<br \/>\nand the roaring flames<br \/>\nreflect from the compound\u2019s razor wire.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Doug Jacquier<\/strong><\/span><em>&#8216;s poems and stories have been published in Australia, the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and India, and he blogs at Six Crooked Highways.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Jacquier Johannesburg My host and his friends scoff at our rugby team and our cricket team and our barbecues as the smell of burning meat from the braai chokes the air and the roaring flames reflect from the compound\u2019s razor wire. 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