{"id":1791,"date":"2018-07-22T08:16:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T12:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2018-07-22T08:41:27","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T12:41:27","slug":"the-morning-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/22\/the-morning-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"the morning silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>silent running<br \/>\nwith routines and rituals<br \/>\nhung like cobwebs in<br \/>\na dusty autumn breeze<br \/>\nsleepless nights give way<br \/>\nto the birth of another feckless day<\/p>\n<p>strolling through<br \/>\nnaked and half remembered dreams<br \/>\nit\u2019s abstract revelation<br \/>\nand day old coffee<br \/>\nseems an acceptable compromise<\/p>\n<p>time is a thin concept<br \/>\nas morning words stretch<br \/>\nfrom one computer screen to the next<br \/>\nblue white smoke forms in trails of<br \/>\nabsolute divinity<br \/>\nno treachery, no<br \/>\ndisappointment<br \/>\nand in this moment<br \/>\ntoenails are not yellow<br \/>\nhair is not gray<br \/>\nand souls are not tired<\/p>\n<p>enclosed in a<br \/>\ncomputer hum<br \/>\ntrailing an infinite sum<br \/>\nloneliness abates<br \/>\nas cat paws gently thump<br \/>\nacross an old linoleum floor<br \/>\neven silence has a sound<\/p>\n<p>i\u2019m really a morning person at heart<br \/>\nbut only on days where i can<br \/>\nsit<br \/>\nand read<br \/>\nthink<br \/>\nand write<br \/>\nsmoke<br \/>\nand forget<\/p>\n<p>grounded in the reality<br \/>\nof a forgone conclusion<br \/>\ndefeat is reluctantly accepted<br \/>\nas we prepare<br \/>\nto start over<br \/>\nonce more<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/273-the-morning-silence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1800\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/273-the-morning-silence-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"273-the-morning-silence\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/273-the-morning-silence-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/273-the-morning-silence-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/273-the-morning-silence.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-1791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791","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=1791"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1801,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791\/revisions\/1801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}