{"id":3734,"date":"2021-06-09T22:41:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T02:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2021-06-09T22:41:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T02:41:07","slug":"hump-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/09\/hump-day\/","title":{"rendered":"hump day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>so here i am, 10 pm<br \/>\nsitting here<br \/>\nhot and naked<br \/>\nslouched in this<br \/>\nbeaten old computer chair<br \/>\nsipping dry(cheap)red wine<br \/>\nsmoking those infernal cigarettes<br \/>\ni swore i&#8217;d quit<br \/>\nand trying to catch a buzz<br \/>\ntrying to get the inside scoop<br \/>\non the secrets of<br \/>\nart, enlightenment, and love<br \/>\ni thought it was going to be<br \/>\na delicious night of poetry<br \/>\na night littered with<br \/>\nmanifestations from opaque angels<br \/>\nlending clouded visions<br \/>\nof mastery and ironic answers<br \/>\nto dark questions<br \/>\ni dare not ask in the light of day<br \/>\nbut alas, no such luck<br \/>\ni have to settle for<br \/>\nwrinkled hands<br \/>\nhovering over impatient keys<br \/>\nas i alternate my sight between<br \/>\ncrowded screens, shaded windows<br \/>\nand curios cats<br \/>\nsitting in dangerous<br \/>\nand unhampered positions<br \/>\ni have a small oil lamp by my side<br \/>\nit&#8217;s scent is strong and vulgar<br \/>\nand my magnificent dollar store glass<br \/>\nis almost empty<br \/>\ni want to refill it<br \/>\nbut i don&#8217;t want to<br \/>\nbreak this spell<br \/>\ni&#8217;m at that perfect point<br \/>\nbetween intoxication and stupidity<br \/>\nand it&#8217;s such a strange feeling<br \/>\nbeing alone with your thoughts<br \/>\npretending to be an artist<br \/>\nwriting for yourself<br \/>\nand also hoping<br \/>\nsomeone out there will resonate<br \/>\nwith your lonely<br \/>\nhalf mad, word orgasms<br \/>\nsome of you might understand this<br \/>\nmost will not<br \/>\npersonally, i think this whole game<br \/>\nis a comical tragedy<br \/>\nbut then again<br \/>\nthere are certainly worse ways<br \/>\nto spend a hot summer night<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/528-hump-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3741\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/528-hump-day-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"528-hump-day\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/528-hump-day-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/528-hump-day-145x200.jpg 145w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/528-hump-day.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-3734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734","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=3734"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3742,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734\/revisions\/3742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}