Budapest\u2019s caves are the least scary thing about the city.<\/p>\n
I would rather sit in the echoes of an underground amphitheater
\nWith my headlamp turned off
\nThan tour the brightly lit decadence
\nof Viktor Orban\u2019s illiberal parliament.<\/p>\n
I would rather bonk my head and I would rather be frightened I would rather squeeze uncertainly I would rather beg to be pulled out by my feet I would rather have the zipper on my caving coveralls I would rather help my classmate through a claustrophobia induced I would rather a boulder tumble to block the cave exit Budapest\u2019s caves are the least scary thing about the city. I would rather sit in the echoes of an underground amphitheater With my headlamp turned off Than tour the brightly lit decadence of Viktor Orban\u2019s illiberal parliament. I would rather bonk my head and let a scab form beneath the stalactites Before passing the recently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49],"tags":[85,80,81,87,83,27,82],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":866,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions\/866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nlet a scab form beneath the stalactites
\nBefore passing the recently erected bust of Miklos Horthy
\nIn Freedom Square<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nby a golem-spirited caving guide
\nThan have my Jewish quarter tour guide
\nslander the Roma.<\/p>\n
\nthrough holes just larger than my head
\nBefore I would zigzag through the House of Terror Museum<\/em>
\nto its stress inducing soundtrack.<\/p>\n
\nto get my lungs unstuck from a crevice
\nThan jaywalk across the busy road that separates the city
\nfrom its memorial to Jews murdered in the Holocaust
\nShoes on the Danube<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nchafe at my chin
\nBefore I would want to hear another reference to Hungary\u2019s Ottoman history
\nAs \u201cbarbaric.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nsubterranean panic attack
\nThan read news about growing support
\nfor the Jobbik<\/em> party.<\/p>\n
\nThan have to leave the bravery of youth and progressive passion
\nThat pulses in Budapest\u2019s arts and nightlife scene
\nas the doors to Simpla<\/em> bar eventually close
\nEach night after last call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"