{"id":1039,"date":"2026-11-10T11:38:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T10:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T10:38:43","slug":"the-goose-and-the-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/?p=1039","title":{"rendered":"The Goose and The Common"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/medusian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/geese.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medusian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/geese.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/medusian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/geese-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medusian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/geese-298x145.jpg 298w, https:\/\/medusian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/geese-767x373.jpg 767w, https:\/\/medusian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/geese-850x413.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The law locks up the man or woman<br>Who steals the goose from off the common<br>But leaves the greater villain loose<br>Who steals the common from the goose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The law demands that we atone<br>When we take things we do not own<br>But leaves the lords and ladies fine<br>Who take things that are yours and mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The poor and wretched don\u2019t escape<br>If they conspire the law to break;<br>This must be so but they endure<br>Those who conspire to make the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The law locks up the man or woman<br>Who steals the goose from off the common<br>And geese will still a common lack<br>Till they go and steal it back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Anon.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The law locks up the man or womanWho steals the goose from off the commonBut leaves the greater villain looseWho steals the common from the goose. The law demands that we atoneWhen we take things we do not ownBut leaves the lords and ladies fineWho take things that are yours and mine. The poor and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1041,"href":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions\/1041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}