{"id":295,"date":"2014-09-27T22:25:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T02:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.wordpress.com\/?p=295"},"modified":"2014-09-27T22:25:20","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T02:25:20","slug":"killing-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/27\/killing-me\/","title":{"rendered":"killing me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>days that almost seem<br \/>\nto kill me<br \/>\nslow unridden<br \/>\nmisdirection of energy<br \/>\nwith old songs that play<br \/>\nuninterrupted and endless<br \/>\npoor words from a mind<br \/>\nrobbed of it&#8217;s essence<br \/>\nthe soul cries out<br \/>\nand the mind says<br \/>\nsuck it up<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s got to be someone<br \/>\nsomething new<br \/>\nseeking a familiar stranger<br \/>\nthe comfort of stone<br \/>\nand keepsakes<br \/>\nin off-season archeology<br \/>\nsearching with a newborn overview<br \/>\noversold and legendary<br \/>\nare chiding me<br \/>\nto new extremes<br \/>\nroutine is not success<br \/>\nnor the elixir of life<br \/>\nthrough cobwebs and<br \/>\ndistant memories<br \/>\nlife always finds a way<br \/>\nhelp now, from pagans and infidels<br \/>\nto rule the night<br \/>\nto watch and<br \/>\nto lessen my weaknesses<br \/>\nin a dream I was told<br \/>\ncopper is the key<br \/>\nI want to snatch anarchy<br \/>\nfrom padlocked dissidents<br \/>\nand free spirited harlots<br \/>\nfor the men in black<br \/>\nare just cops<br \/>\nin knockout roles<br \/>\nand the hippies are<br \/>\nlying in wait<br \/>\ntill the weekend arrives<br \/>\nwelcomed and unburdened<br \/>\nI have a friend who always smiles<br \/>\nhe has no knowledge<br \/>\nof pallid workweeks,<br \/>\nloneliness or the poor<br \/>\nwho drive beat up cars<br \/>\ndown used up highways<br \/>\nhe is my hero&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295","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=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}