{"id":435,"date":"2015-07-25T07:24:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T11:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.wordpress.com\/?p=435"},"modified":"2015-07-25T07:24:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T11:24:04","slug":"12877-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/25\/12877-nights\/","title":{"rendered":"12,877 nights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>a long breath<br \/>\nsigh of frustration<br \/>\nor was it relief?<br \/>\nlooking back, the value and price<br \/>\nof friendship is immutable<br \/>\nwalking at night with saccadic eyes<br \/>\nthe sky was split in two,<br \/>\ndotted with distant points of light<br \/>\nand clouds, like mad brush strokes<br \/>\nstretched across an eternal canvas<br \/>\ncool, quiet, collecting<br \/>\nthe square&#8217;s world<br \/>\nasleep at this dim hour<br \/>\nit&#8217;s a time for wheelers, dealers<br \/>\nand head trips<br \/>\nclans of enemies and lovers<br \/>\nprowl park benches and convenience stores<br \/>\nwaiting for action or signs of life<br \/>\nthis is the time when<br \/>\nthe shit gets real so,<br \/>\njust gimme<br \/>\none beer, one chapter, one song<br \/>\nthen with eyes closed<br \/>\npray for piece of mind, respite<br \/>\nstrip me of anxiety<br \/>\nand wait for<br \/>\na soothing sun, signal<br \/>\nfor a feline alarm clock<br \/>\nthe repetition of 5 am<br \/>\nwith an unlit cigarette<br \/>\ndebating sleep or stimulation<br \/>\nwe always wake up alone, don&#8217;t we<br \/>\nmismatched and inflamed<br \/>\nafter rolling in twisted sheets<br \/>\nunder the sound of a broken fan<br \/>\nno memories or dreams<br \/>\nto speak of this morning<br \/>\ndrained of ideas, empty<br \/>\nno time for food or shower<br \/>\nbut i&#8217;m still here<br \/>\nsitting at this stained keyboard<br \/>\nwaiting for something<br \/>\nto happen, but<br \/>\nthe night always knows<br \/>\nand i think<br \/>\nit&#8217;s getting better<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435","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=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}