{"id":3621,"date":"2021-02-19T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T03:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=3621"},"modified":"2021-02-19T22:26:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T03:26:00","slug":"ice-cubes-and-dubious-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/19\/ice-cubes-and-dubious-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"ice cubes and dubious meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>empty and laughing<br \/>\nat half-hearted destruction<br \/>\nthe faces fade<br \/>\nand the glass runs low<br \/>\nhow to define<br \/>\nhumanity\u2019s willful pollution<br \/>\nmy back is sore<br \/>\nand i have an ingrown hair<br \/>\nin the most unpleasant of places<br \/>\nmy cats don&#8217;t listen to me<br \/>\nand my telephone never rings<br \/>\nit&#8217;s alright though<br \/>\ni have lots of books<br \/>\nand plenty of abstract time to kill<\/p>\n<p>in a world filled with<br \/>\nunsavory characters<br \/>\nchaos and luscious retribution<br \/>\nmean little<br \/>\nand not much changes for me<br \/>\ni eat and work<br \/>\ndrink and dream<br \/>\nwrite and sleep<br \/>\nlove is a distant memory<br \/>\nand sometimes rough dreams<br \/>\nare an acceptable escape <\/p>\n<p>the tyranny of modern life<br \/>\nfortunately, remains distant<br \/>\nand with any luck<br \/>\ni&#8217;ll be able to continue<br \/>\nto eke out<br \/>\nthis modest existence<br \/>\nand pursue a path<br \/>\nof heavy flesh<br \/>\nbalanced in<br \/>\na nervous spiritual nest<br \/>\nwaiting for another<br \/>\nclouded ritual<br \/>\nto carry me home<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/512-ice-cubes-and-dubious-meditation-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/512-ice-cubes-and-dubious-meditation--218x300.jpg\" alt=\"512-ice-cubes-and-dubious-meditation\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/512-ice-cubes-and-dubious-meditation--218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/512-ice-cubes-and-dubious-meditation--146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/512-ice-cubes-and-dubious-meditation-.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-3621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621","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=3621"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3631,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621\/revisions\/3631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}