{"id":4226,"date":"2022-07-11T21:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T01:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=4226"},"modified":"2022-07-11T21:51:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T01:51:00","slug":"the-blacksmith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/11\/the-blacksmith\/","title":{"rendered":"the blacksmith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>most nights<br \/>\nour knives are dull<br \/>\njust another useless<br \/>\nand ineffectual tool<br \/>\nwaiting to be<br \/>\nfondled and discarded<br \/>\nbut once in a while<br \/>\nwhen the tall boy<br \/>\nis almost empty<br \/>\nyou stumble upon a sharp one<br \/>\nhidden away<br \/>\nwaiting to find purchase<br \/>\nin fresh meat<br \/>\na blade that shimmers<br \/>\nand slips between the surface<br \/>\nslowly slicing down<br \/>\ndown to the bone<br \/>\ndown where the marrow is revealed<\/p>\n<p>and in these tired and divine moments<br \/>\nthe heart lies bare<br \/>\nwaiting for redemption<br \/>\njust one simple release<br \/>\nfrom this human condition<br \/>\nweary and somewhat weak<br \/>\nwe roam virtual halls<br \/>\ncollecting memories<br \/>\nof obscure experiences<br \/>\nsearching for an inconspicuous chance<br \/>\nat an ill-fated romance<\/p>\n<p>and what do we do<br \/>\nwhen these shadow truths<br \/>\nare exposed to the pale light<br \/>\nof a midnight reflection<br \/>\ndo we wait<br \/>\nwait for spring tears<br \/>\nto wash away our subtle sins<br \/>\nor do we sit<br \/>\nin dimly lit rooms<br \/>\ndrinking and smoking cheap cigarettes<\/p>\n<p>no, we snap dark photographs<br \/>\nand write mad poetry<br \/>\nin hopes<br \/>\nthat our absent<br \/>\nand impotent gods<br \/>\nwill remember our faces<br \/>\nand send us one last hint<br \/>\nof solid prophecy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/572-the-blacksmith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4232\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/572-the-blacksmith-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"572-the-blacksmith\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/572-the-blacksmith-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/572-the-blacksmith-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/572-the-blacksmith.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-4226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4226","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=4226"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4233,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4226\/revisions\/4233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}