{"id":1384,"date":"2018-02-24T13:03:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T18:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2018-02-24T13:03:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T18:03:07","slug":"absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/24\/absence\/","title":{"rendered":"absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>something for nothing<br \/>\nit\u2019s a race to the bottom<br \/>\nas evening slips<br \/>\nfrom desperation to destitution<br \/>\nand the morning holds no kiss<br \/>\nor chance for reprieve<\/p>\n<p>i\u2019ve got two cents worth of<br \/>\ntrouble in mind<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nnot enough time<br \/>\nto make it right<\/p>\n<p>the fallen fruits of my grace<br \/>\nnow linger on the ground<br \/>\nuneaten rotting<br \/>\nand beaten<\/p>\n<p>these words i wish to speak<br \/>\nhold no mystique<br \/>\nbut they\u2019re powerful enough<br \/>\nto ward off the one i seek<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nmystery<br \/>\ninvites the inevitable<br \/>\nrevelation of truths<br \/>\ntoo strong to bear<\/p>\n<p>a beautiful star<br \/>\nfrom freedom<br \/>\nso far<\/p>\n<p>held in thrall<br \/>\nthrough unending hell i\u2019d crawl<br \/>\nno touch seems too small<br \/>\nand no cost seems too great<br \/>\nto wipe clean this disastrous\u00a0 slate<\/p>\n<p>cracked and racked<br \/>\nwith grief<br \/>\nis it a disorder<br \/>\nor just a fucked up motif<\/p>\n<p>handed down<br \/>\ncertain to reach<br \/>\nthe blue side of town<br \/>\ni\u2019m<br \/>\nlearning to live on less<\/p>\n<p>i\u2019ve gotta mix it up<br \/>\nchange this record<br \/>\nfrom side a to b<\/p>\n<p>sideways from the night<br \/>\ncaught in an absence of light<br \/>\nlife no longer seems black and white<\/p>\n<p>too much pain<br \/>\nheart and mind nearly slain<\/p>\n<p>gods grant me<br \/>\nthat final line<br \/>\none last time<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/214-absence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-escutcheon-logo wp-image-1385\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/214-absence-200x138.jpg\" alt=\"214-absence\" width=\"200\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/214-absence-200x138.jpg 200w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/214-absence-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/214-absence-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/214-absence.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-1384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384","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=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}