{"id":100,"date":"2015-10-11T08:42:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T12:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.wordpress.com\/?p=100"},"modified":"2015-10-11T08:42:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T12:42:54","slug":"why-so-serious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/11\/why-so-serious\/","title":{"rendered":"why so serious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>this new drug<br \/>\nis<br \/>\ncross eyed<br \/>\nand fearless<br \/>\nunder a starry sky<br \/>\nlaughing<br \/>\nin the fire&#8217;s landscape<br \/>\nand following sex<br \/>\nwith a touch of pain<br \/>\nswimming within<br \/>\npentatonic signatures<br \/>\nin candle light<br \/>\nriding and riding<br \/>\nwith<br \/>\nso little endurance<br \/>\ntill that familiar feeling<br \/>\ntakes hold<\/p>\n<p>then it&#8217;s<br \/>\ntime to<br \/>\nclose shop<br \/>\nto pace, ponder<br \/>\nand push the concrete slab<br \/>\nendlessly in the rain<br \/>\nblowing smoke filled<br \/>\nkisses on the wind<br \/>\nwith too much thought to<br \/>\nwanting what you<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t have<br \/>\nchasing, replacing,<br \/>\nerasing<br \/>\nuntil<br \/>\nthe conclusion is<br \/>\nirrelevant,<br \/>\nunacceptable<\/p>\n<p>and we are<br \/>\nfalling behind<br \/>\ncaught on thorny routines<br \/>\nand daily rituals<br \/>\nwith hollow meaning<br \/>\nwork to play<br \/>\nplay to be happy<br \/>\nbe happy to avoid insanity<br \/>\nsuicide, boredom<br \/>\ntoo deep for your own good<br \/>\nand i know<br \/>\nthe quiet is coming<br \/>\ncold<\/p>\n<p>the tenses are confused now<br \/>\nso pause,<br \/>\nplayback from<br \/>\none third of the way<br \/>\nopen, and stray<br \/>\npen show notes<br \/>\npitched with<br \/>\nfeint ghosts<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nlocal hosts<br \/>\nfor a life(form)<br \/>\nundone<br \/>\nin total we are half<br \/>\nthe sum<\/p>\n<p>leaves of grass my ass!<br \/>\nall these memories change color<br \/>\nand i know<br \/>\nthat old magic is hidden, obscure<br \/>\nlost in the beauty of fall<br \/>\nwe run from winter<br \/>\nand\u00a0 obligation<br \/>\ndamn this internal narration<br \/>\nthere are no rules anymore<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}