{"id":4061,"date":"2021-11-09T21:36:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T02:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=4061"},"modified":"2021-11-09T21:36:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T02:36:04","slug":"fishing-with-elderly-beatniks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/09\/fishing-with-elderly-beatniks\/","title":{"rendered":"fishing with elderly beatniks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>this voice is<br \/>\nsoft, and unconvincing<br \/>\ntoo many twisted tales<br \/>\nand not enough love<br \/>\ntry as i might<br \/>\ni just can&#8217;t seem to find<br \/>\nthe proper balance<br \/>\ni wish i had a map<br \/>\nor some solid guide stone<br \/>\nto point me in the right direction<br \/>\ninstead i have<br \/>\nfrustration<br \/>\nand endless addiction<\/p>\n<p>confused, i convene<br \/>\nwith complex chemicals<br \/>\nand curious thrills<br \/>\nbut secretly<br \/>\ni crave an anarchic stability<br \/>\nso forget these nervous intentions<br \/>\nbecause seasoned flesh<br \/>\nripples slightly out of step<br \/>\nand blood ghosts bloom smooth art  <\/p>\n<p>this insane wisdom<br \/>\ncomes at a high price<br \/>\nand futility<br \/>\nseems to be the norm<br \/>\nroses aren&#8217;t always red<br \/>\nbut my tired eyes are blue<br \/>\nthe mouth and the heart<br \/>\nmatch to kill<br \/>\nand ironic songs<br \/>\nremind me of all my<br \/>\nglorious and faded dreams<\/p>\n<p>perhaps the gods will<br \/>\nwill have mercy<br \/>\nand release me from this<br \/>\nspiritual incompetence<br \/>\nso that beautiful chaos<br \/>\nand abundant passion<br \/>\ncan guide my weary soul<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/557-fishing-with-elderly-beatniks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/557-fishing-with-elderly-beatniks-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"557-fishing-with-elderly-beatniks\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/557-fishing-with-elderly-beatniks-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/557-fishing-with-elderly-beatniks-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/557-fishing-with-elderly-beatniks.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-4061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061","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=4061"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4069,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061\/revisions\/4069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}