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We just wanted to wish our complicated, schizophrenic, but weirdly and eminently lovable friend, Bogot\u00e1, the happiest of birthdays. You\u00b4re a grand old dame of 475 today, and so it\u00b4s only right we mark the occasion. I guess we never expected to become such intimate mates with such a grungily energetic city, but somehow, you\u00b4ve won our hearts. It\u00b4s kinda hard to explain – \u00a0to someone who doesn\u00b4t already know – what exactly it is we love about you, but, torn-sarn it! We do.<\/p>\n
It\u00b4s kinda hard to explain, but it\u00b4s moments – written in 4-7-5 time – \u00a0like the following that just might capture your heart…<\/p>\n
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DAPPER OLD GENTLEMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n His hands\u00b4 wrinkles<\/p>\n Tighten around the morning\u00b4s<\/p>\n Steaming green-blue cup.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n BLIND BUSKER<\/strong><\/p>\n Brown hands brush strings<\/p>\n A joyful pain runs over<\/p>\n Coins she\u00b4ll never see.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PLAZA BOLIVAR<\/strong><\/p>\n Stoically still<\/p>\n Now the Liberator reads<\/p>\n Pigeon semaphore.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n EL CHORRO<\/strong><\/p>\n That old mountain<\/p>\n Peers down as punks make stories<\/p>\n Wrapped in wispy sheets.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n LEAVING LA VILLA<\/strong><\/p>\n The club spills out<\/p>\n Breathless firewater nights<\/p>\n Manic taxis wait.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For this, and everything else, old girl,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here\u00b4s to the next 475 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We just wanted to wish our complicated, schizophrenic, but weirdly and eminently lovable friend, Bogot\u00e1, the happiest of birthdays. You\u00b4re a grand old dame of 475 today, and so it\u00b4s only right we mark the occasion. I guess we never expected to become such intimate mates with such a grungily energetic city, but somehow, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":9421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1423,35,1665,4,97,92,73],"tags":[2976,2868,58,797],"yoast_head":"\nHappy Birthday, Bogot\u00e1.<\/h2>\n