{"id":103140,"date":"2021-06-27T08:55:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T12:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=103140"},"modified":"2021-06-27T08:55:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T12:55:13","slug":"home-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/home-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><u>Home<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I lie exhausted on the couch,<\/p>\n<p>I dwell in slovenly comfort<\/p>\n<p>During the final hours<\/p>\n<p>Of another satisfyingly<\/p>\n<p>frustrating day.<\/p>\n<p>I know not every task was completed,<\/p>\n<p>Yet something was checked off<\/p>\n<p>The never-ending<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo-Do\u201d list of life.<\/p>\n<p>I find comfort around me<\/p>\n<p>And think,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHome is where the heart is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clothes strewn on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Books piled in every nook.<\/p>\n<p>Dog curled on my lap.<\/p>\n<p>TV murmurs in the background.<\/p>\n<p>Kids stomping the stairs.<\/p>\n<p>Dishes stacked precariously.<\/p>\n<p>Mismatched socks seeking lonely shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Toys in every corner.<\/p>\n<p>Wife reading in her favorite chair.<\/p>\n<p>My coffee cup in hand.<\/p>\n<p>I exhale and let the day fall from my shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>I have found comfort in the clutter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home &nbsp; As I lie exhausted on the couch, I dwell in slovenly comfort During the final hours Of another satisfyingly frustrating day. I know not every task was completed, Yet something was checked off The never-ending \u201cTo-Do\u201d list of life. I find comfort around&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1448,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103140","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\/1448"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103145,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103140\/revisions\/103145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}