{"id":1812,"date":"2018-07-25T07:49:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T11:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=1812"},"modified":"2018-07-25T08:09:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T12:09:36","slug":"the-vector-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/25\/the-vector-of-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"the vector of summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>mindful mayhem<br \/>\nmeticulously mapped in<br \/>\nmetaphysical memory<\/p>\n<p>the morning came too quickly<br \/>\nand the promise of sleep<br \/>\nstill pushes against my eyes<\/p>\n<p>we wait like a coven of<br \/>\nsatyromaniacs deprived of<br \/>\negotistical conquest<br \/>\nall the women have gone away<br \/>\nand my dog just wont stop barking<\/p>\n<p>something went wrong this summer<br \/>\nthe stars are out of alignment<br \/>\nunbalanced, universal energy shifts<br \/>\npushing the weather<br \/>\ntowards a bipolar fascination<\/p>\n<p>many of us sit and drink<br \/>\nwhile others<br \/>\npush empty shopping carts<br \/>\nand beg for something more<\/p>\n<p>so, galvanize the galley slaves<br \/>\nsit with the gatekeeper<br \/>\nand watch them gamble with<br \/>\ngarden variety words<br \/>\nin hopes of a gluttonous jackpot<br \/>\nas<br \/>\nseal faced men<br \/>\nshower dying rose petals<br \/>\nsilently upon a silver shore<\/p>\n<p>repent and remember<br \/>\nravenous beasts<br \/>\nthat claimed reanimated glory<br \/>\nlike spare change<\/p>\n<p>the younger woman told me that<br \/>\nmodern life was like<br \/>\nan accidental fire<br \/>\nthat burned uneven patterns<br \/>\nacross hopeful minds<\/p>\n<p>i used to admire that fire<br \/>\nnow it seems<br \/>\npallid, fractional<br \/>\nand once again<br \/>\ni\u2019m left with only<br \/>\nfacetious distraction<br \/>\nand random intent<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/275-the-vector-of-summer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1824\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/275-the-vector-of-summer-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"275-the-vector-of-summer\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/275-the-vector-of-summer-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/275-the-vector-of-summer-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/275-the-vector-of-summer.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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":[70],"class_list":["post-1812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812","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=1812"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1825,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812\/revisions\/1825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}