{"id":3659,"date":"2021-03-16T09:14:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T13:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2021-03-16T09:14:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T13:14:27","slug":"hot-souls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/16\/hot-souls\/","title":{"rendered":"hot souls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>caught here<br \/>\nin a laminated<br \/>\nstate of limbo<br \/>\nalmost untouchable<br \/>\nyet murdered by boredom<br \/>\nand uncertain purpose<br \/>\ni suppose the destination<br \/>\nwas never truly clear<br \/>\nand all these random kingdoms<br \/>\nseem a little less brilliant now<br \/>\ntrading translucent love<br \/>\nfor opaque loneliness<br \/>\ni know i can go it alone<br \/>\nbut what&#8217;s the point<br \/>\nof treading water<br \/>\nonly to reach a deserted island<br \/>\nsacrificing a simulation of self<br \/>\nto salvaged and uncaring gods<\/p>\n<p>we can&#8217;t win<br \/>\nbecause the game is rigged<br \/>\nbut that&#8217;s okay<br \/>\nbecause i&#8217;d rather play<br \/>\na different game<br \/>\none where opportunity beats the odds<br \/>\ndeadlines become lifelines<br \/>\nand curious focus<br \/>\ndrives starving ambitious<br \/>\nlaughing at sliding reason<br \/>\nthe lines begin to blur<br \/>\nas random shades of light<br \/>\nreveal wise and obscene truths<br \/>\nthat we were too distracted to see<br \/>\nmadness is defined then dismissed<br \/>\nexhausted reality spitting acute awareness<br \/>\nas we sit on a grassy hill<br \/>\nthird eye open<br \/>\nplanting a seed<br \/>\nand awaiting the next manifestation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/518-hot-souls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3662\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/518-hot-souls-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"518-hot-souls\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/518-hot-souls-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/518-hot-souls-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/518-hot-souls.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-3659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659","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=3659"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3663,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659\/revisions\/3663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}