{"id":2727,"date":"2019-10-14T15:38:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T19:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2019-10-14T15:38:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T19:38:40","slug":"what-is-all-this-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/14\/what-is-all-this-for\/","title":{"rendered":"what is all this for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>if not for death, for life<br \/>\nif not for disease, for health<br \/>\nif not for fears, for tears<br \/>\nif not for age, for wisdom<br \/>\nif not for expedience, for experience<br \/>\nif not for hate, for love<br \/>\nif not for phone calls, for text messages<br \/>\nif not for loneliness, for companionship<br \/>\nif not for depression, for adventure<br \/>\nif not for forgotten homes, for un-named roads<br \/>\nif not for reality, for make believe<br \/>\nif not for sleep, for dreams<br \/>\nif not for beer or wine, for the vibe<br \/>\nif not for revelation, for manifestation<br \/>\nif not for destruction, for creation<br \/>\nif not for relaxation, for art, music, and poetry<br \/>\nif not for being inspired, for being retired<br \/>\nif not for an urban rush, for the solace of nature<br \/>\nif not for cigarettes and black coffee, for the morning<br \/>\nif not for noise, for quiet<br \/>\nif not for soft madness, for subtle sanity<\/p>\n<p>for pedestrians, and worker bees<br \/>\nfor the homeless, and corporate casualties<br \/>\nfor the bus drivers, waitresses,<br \/>\nstore clerks, and salesmen<br \/>\nfor wage slaves, and volunteers<br \/>\nfor men who stare and clouds<br \/>\nand mutineers<br \/>\nfor the lovers, and the whores<br \/>\nfor artists, and their metaphors<br \/>\nfor introverts, for extroverts<br \/>\nfor the happy, for the sad<br \/>\nfor the terminal, for the mad<br \/>\nfor humans who seek affection<br \/>\nand lonely souls of disconnection<br \/>\nfor cats and dogs<br \/>\nfor obsolete demagogues<br \/>\nfor the fighters<br \/>\nfor the defeated<br \/>\nfor all those<br \/>\nwho feel mistreated<\/p>\n<p>for purpose, for immortality<\/p>\n<p>what is all this for?<br \/>\nit\u2019s for you<br \/>\nit\u2019s for me<br \/>\nand everything that lies in between<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/382-what-is-all-this-for.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2731\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/382-what-is-all-this-for-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"382-what-is-all-this-for\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/382-what-is-all-this-for-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/382-what-is-all-this-for-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/382-what-is-all-this-for.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/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":[],"class_list":["post-2727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727","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=2727"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2732,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727\/revisions\/2732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}