{"id":3832,"date":"2021-07-06T22:49:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T02:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2021-07-06T22:49:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T02:49:25","slug":"strut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/06\/strut\/","title":{"rendered":"strut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s tuesday again<br \/>\ni wanted to stay up tonight<br \/>\nand write<br \/>\nsome inspired and insane poetry<br \/>\nbut i&#8217;m tired<br \/>\nand slightly worn<br \/>\nmy head is swimming<br \/>\nwith a dull and primitive ache<br \/>\ni have a belly full of<br \/>\nsteak, wine, and whiskey<br \/>\nweighing me down<br \/>\nand the humidity has been<br \/>\nbeating me down<br \/>\nall day long<br \/>\n my only reprieve<br \/>\nwas a magnificent thunderstorm<br \/>\ncool and inviting<br \/>\nbrief and narrow<br \/>\nlike a blow<br \/>\nfrom the hammer of the gods<\/p>\n<p>but i stayed true to form<br \/>\nand now<br \/>\nclicking these scattered keys<br \/>\ni feel that second wind rising  <\/p>\n<p>i want to deviate<br \/>\nand create<br \/>\nsome saintless art<br \/>\nfor myself<br \/>\nand all of you<br \/>\nsitting here naked and unafraid<br \/>\nat this cluttered desk<br \/>\nunder a dusty, nicotine stained fan<br \/>\ni&#8217;m burning up<br \/>\nand tomorrow is closer than i&#8217;d like to admit<br \/>\ni&#8217;m dreaming about my long weekend<br \/>\nand how i&#8217;m gonna waste it<br \/>\ni&#8217;m too young to admit defeat<br \/>\nbut too old to play these dangerous games<br \/>\nremotely controlled<br \/>\ni strut down avenues<br \/>\nof dead ecstasy<br \/>\ngambling on electric romance<br \/>\nwaiting for a golden connection<br \/>\nto carry me home<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/538-strut.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/538-strut-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"538-strut\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/538-strut-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/538-strut-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/538-strut.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-3832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832","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=3832"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3852,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832\/revisions\/3852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}