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I am, at this moment, horizontal,<\/span><\/p>\n my skull rested upon the knee<\/span><\/p>\n of a boy I barely know and\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n might even be smitten with.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n His worn leather couch is\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n cool against my skin, but\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n his heat soaks toward me\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n like sunbeams finding the pavement.<\/span><\/p>\n I wish there were sun,<\/span><\/p>\n wish it were morning,<\/span><\/p>\n when my thoughts are softer\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n with the persuasion of sleep.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But it is nighttime and\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n the taste of my coffee\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n burns at my tastebuds<\/span><\/p>\n while the game controller\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n clicks at his fingertips.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Next door, there is a party\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n droning on and the bass,<\/span><\/p>\n the bass radiates through\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n the ground, the hardwood floors,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n these cushions, and into my chest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I thank him for giving me the right<\/span><\/p>\n to know these things. And I\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n close my eyes to sleep.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2021.06.27 23:15PM PST I am, at this moment, horizontal, my skull rested upon the knee of a boy I barely know and\u00a0 might even be smitten with.\u00a0 His worn leather couch is\u00a0 cool against my skin, but\u00a0 his heat soaks toward me\u00a0 like sunbeams…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3778,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100868,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100861\/revisions\/100868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}