{"id":3558,"date":"2021-01-17T20:59:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T01:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=3558"},"modified":"2021-01-17T20:59:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T01:59:47","slug":"signature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/17\/signature\/","title":{"rendered":"signature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>sometimes<br \/>\ni wish that words could<br \/>\nreconcile the past<br \/>\na simple re-write<br \/>\nof luxuries<br \/>\ntaken for granted<\/p>\n<p>spectating portable signals<br \/>\nwe anticipate curses<br \/>\nand dispel reluctant reason<\/p>\n<p>how many labored days<br \/>\nand restless nights<br \/>\nhave we spent<br \/>\nin wasteful bliss<br \/>\nignoring the heart&#8217;s call<br \/>\nin favor of simple,<br \/>\nand effortless distractions<\/p>\n<p>comforted by disorder<br \/>\nand eventual madness,<br \/>\nfragmentary sadness<br \/>\nand a silent hum<\/p>\n<p>mask are worn<br \/>\nand then become worn<br \/>\ntired and incomplete<br \/>\nwe wander these haggard realms<br \/>\nwaiting for answers<br \/>\nthat will never come<br \/>\nand where does that leave us?<br \/>\nalone and wondering why<br \/>\nwe didn&#8217;t set the dials<br \/>\nfor the heart of the sun<\/p>\n<p>desperation on the offensive<br \/>\nas lonely demons,<br \/>\naccompanied by this<br \/>\nbeautiful tragedy<br \/>\nkiss, kill<br \/>\nand remember<\/p>\n<p>sustained by an outstanding invitation<br \/>\nlackluster zombies flash forward<br \/>\ntoward this disembodied enchantment<br \/>\nand if we&#8217;re lucky<br \/>\nthe tribe will answer<br \/>\nthis muted call<\/p>\n<p>perhaps all we need<br \/>\nis a course correction,<br \/>\na new and different star<br \/>\nto guide us home<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/501-signature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3563\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/501-signature-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"501-signature\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/501-signature-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/501-signature-145x200.jpg 145w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/501-signature.jpg 558w\" 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-3558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3558","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=3558"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3564,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3558\/revisions\/3564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}