{"id":3421,"date":"2020-10-09T07:55:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T11:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2020-10-09T07:55:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T11:55:25","slug":"just-short-of-rendering-an-illusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/09\/just-short-of-rendering-an-illusion\/","title":{"rendered":"just short of rendering an illusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>i only drank two and half beers<br \/>\nlast night<br \/>\ni got a stationary<br \/>\nten hours sleep<br \/>\nand when i awoke<br \/>\ni quickly slapped on some clothes<br \/>\nmy cats ignored me<br \/>\nand my stomach was empty and frustrated<\/p>\n<p>i went outside<br \/>\nlike i do most days<br \/>\nto read bukowsi<br \/>\nor some other poetic injustice<br \/>\nwhile consuming my morning<br \/>\ncoffee and cigarette<br \/>\nbut today<br \/>\nthe ritual was cold and hard<br \/>\nmy nerves were still<br \/>\nraw<br \/>\nand something was<br \/>\noff<br \/>\nthere was no solace<br \/>\nor creation here<br \/>\neven now i can barely type this<br \/>\nmy mind is only half connected,<br \/>\nand my fingers are stumbling over the keys<br \/>\nlike a child<br \/>\ntrying to shoot<br \/>\na .50 cal desert eagle<\/p>\n<p>the world is old now<br \/>\nform is truth neglected<br \/>\nstar pens and copper creativity<br \/>\nshould have been the dream<br \/>\nbut sometimes harder living<br \/>\nis easier<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/479-just-short-of-rendering-an-illusion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3422\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/479-just-short-of-rendering-an-illusion-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"479-just-short-of-rendering-an-illusion\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/479-just-short-of-rendering-an-illusion-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/479-just-short-of-rendering-an-illusion-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/479-just-short-of-rendering-an-illusion.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-3421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421","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=3421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3423,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions\/3423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}