{"id":3792,"date":"2021-06-29T08:42:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T12:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=3792"},"modified":"2021-06-29T08:42:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T12:42:16","slug":"chasing-a-divine-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/29\/chasing-a-divine-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"chasing a divine comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->falling on the same sword<br \/>\ntime and time again<br \/>\nwith bursts of passion<br \/>\nand capital distractions<br \/>\npoetry is a coquettish dream<br \/>\njust another dying rapture<br \/>\nand it&#8217;s showtime<br \/>\nat the hazard theater<br \/>\npoor luck, or no luck at all<br \/>\ni don&#8217;t believe in coincidence<br \/>\nnaked and absurd<br \/>\ni manifest that essential flesh<br \/>\nand they come for kisses,<br \/>\nfor raw attention<br \/>\nbut rainbows never last<br \/>\nand those dark clouds<br \/>\nthat seemed so inviting<br \/>\nare burned and broken by the sun<br \/>\nand the sun is a vicious mistress<br \/>\nhot and often too intense<br \/>\nwe are drained<br \/>\nby this slow lust ritual<br \/>\nand the moon is always there<br \/>\nwaiting behind the scenes<br \/>\nlaughing at all your<br \/>\nfoolish obsessions<br \/>\nas she quietly caresses you<br \/>\npreparing you<br \/>\nfor one more<br \/>\ninsane dress rehearsal<br \/>\njust another symmetrical slave<br \/>\nin this sarcastic side-show<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/536-chasing-a-divine-comedy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3804\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/536-chasing-a-divine-comedy-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"536-chasing-a-divine-comedy\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/536-chasing-a-divine-comedy-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/536-chasing-a-divine-comedy-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/536-chasing-a-divine-comedy.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-3792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3792","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=3792"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3805,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3792\/revisions\/3805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}