{"id":8412,"date":"2026-05-18T14:44:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=8412"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:48:53","slug":"superpowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=8412","title":{"rendered":"Superpowers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light is-repeated\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-8413 size-large is-repeated\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/superpowers-607x800.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#b3afa3\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Always had superpowers<br>Can penetrate masks and veils<br>Clear signs of intimidation<br>Stripped bare when truth prevails<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Can perceive what\u2019s really real<br>Scrutinise with a discerning eye<br>Yet cruelty never extinguished<br>No end to them being so sly<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Behind fake back-slaps and grins<br>Scurrying around like rats in plain sight<br>Green faces swollen with envy<br>Morality held back from flight<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Innate power to spot the fakers<br>Bold facades disintegrate<br>Mirrors smashed, smoke blown away<br>Shrouded chancers illuminate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>For never relied on a clique to thrive<br>A hive mind to fuel each boast<br>With an aptitude to think for oneself<br>Power of knowing scares them the most<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-2e1011d367ee7821634e2db90b0db1f4\"><em><em>Original poetry by Jon Arthur 2026<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?page_id=8214\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8214\"><em>M<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?page_id=8214\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8214\">ore Poems<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original poetry by Jon Arthur 2026 More Poems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8415,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412\/revisions\/8415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}