{"id":1530,"date":"2018-04-15T10:05:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T14:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2018-04-15T10:06:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T14:06:41","slug":"the-end-of-obsolescence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/15\/the-end-of-obsolescence\/","title":{"rendered":"the end of obsolescence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->so many lights<br \/>\nmixed with improvised music<br \/>\nsound rained down in sanitizing waves<br \/>\nit was a dance of<br \/>\ncalamitous intent<br \/>\ni didn\u2019t drink<br \/>\ni felt, aged and cautious<br \/>\nsitting there was all i could do<br \/>\ni just listened<br \/>\nbarley observing the swirling actions<br \/>\nof human ambition surrounding me<\/p>\n<p>my charm had no power here<br \/>\nout of place<br \/>\ni wasn\u2019t born to hustle<br \/>\nand i knew my cause was lost<br \/>\nbefore i even began<br \/>\ni kept my composure neutral<br \/>\nso as not to intrude on the one i was seeking<br \/>\nfutility, unwanted and unneeded<br \/>\nstrangers seem so much stronger on the outside<br \/>\nthe revelation hit me then<br \/>\nlike so many times before<br \/>\ni\u2019m just not like other people<br \/>\nit\u2019s okay though<br \/>\ni\u2019d rather be different<br \/>\nin a world that is so cheap<br \/>\nthis was no place to be genuine<\/p>\n<p>i\u2019d chosen the wrong path<br \/>\nyet fate kept nudging me<br \/>\nwhere i refused to go<br \/>\nwalking along the riverbank<br \/>\nalone<br \/>\ni knew deep down there\u2019d be peace<br \/>\nsomeday<br \/>\ni heard the call<br \/>\nvirtual and distant<br \/>\nit was the last night of<br \/>\ntrying to fit in<br \/>\nfrom now on<br \/>\nthere would only be<br \/>\ntruthful tomorrows<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/240-the-end-of-obsolescence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1534\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/240-the-end-of-obsolescence-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"240-the-end-of-obsolescence\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/240-the-end-of-obsolescence-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/240-the-end-of-obsolescence-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/240-the-end-of-obsolescence.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-1530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530","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=1530"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1536,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530\/revisions\/1536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}