{"id":17,"date":"2005-07-07T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2005-07-07T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimmypribble.com\/blog\/?p=17"},"modified":"2024-03-19T19:28:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T00:28:33","slug":"kings-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimmypribble.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/kings-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"King&#8217;s Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-cnvs-paragraph-callout\">London suffered a major terrorist attack this morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap is-style-default is-cnvs-dropcap-bordered\">Bombs ripped through several buses and underground trains in a devastating, coordinated attack. least 22 people have been reported dead from the attack near the King&#8217;s Cross tube station. In 1987, I saw an angel at King&#8217;s Cross and wrote a poem about her. If real angels walk the earth (and I suspect that they do), I pray they are comforting the victims and people of London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">London after midnight\nIn the tube to my hotel\nI see a young girl\nlooking out the window\npensive\nbeautiful\nwith wild hair\nand she has written \"Jesus\"\non her white canvas tennis shoes\nI want to talk to her\nbut a quick glance\nat my reflection\nand I know\nthat she would be afraid of me\nso I remain silent\nAt King's Cross\nthe angel walks away\nand the train\ndrags me deep into the bowels of the city\n\nPoem: \u00a9 1987 by Jimmy Pribble All rights reserved.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" data-attachment-id=\"7581\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jimmypribble.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/poornography\/sig\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/jimmypribble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sig.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,100\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/jimmypribble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sig.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jimmypribble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimmypribble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sig.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jimmypribble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sig-120x30.jpg 120w, https:\/\/jimmypribble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sig-90x23.jpg 90w, https:\/\/jimmypribble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sig-320x80.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Please pin, tweet, and share! 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