{"id":109969,"date":"2022-06-25T12:10:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T16:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=109969"},"modified":"2022-06-27T09:58:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T13:58:22","slug":"hour-5-mirror-or-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/hour-5-mirror-or-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 5: Mirror or Window?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-110082 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/suganth-v36enTrhmQ4-unsplash-1330x2048-1-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/suganth-v36enTrhmQ4-unsplash-1330x2048-1-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/suganth-v36enTrhmQ4-unsplash-1330x2048-1-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/suganth-v36enTrhmQ4-unsplash-1330x2048-1-998x1536.jpg 998w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/suganth-v36enTrhmQ4-unsplash-1330x2048-1.jpg 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/>Are you telling me a story?<\/p>\n<p>Giving me imagined characters<\/p>\n<p>whose uncertain fates matter<\/p>\n<p>enough to keep me caring<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Are they me<\/p>\n<p>wrestling with every struggle<\/p>\n<p>choosing wrong choices<\/p>\n<p>before our turning point?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Are you showing me a story<\/p>\n<p>Giving me heroes and villains<\/p>\n<p>who take less-traveled paths<\/p>\n<p>which I can never walk<\/p>\n<p>live thrilling lives<\/p>\n<p>that I can never live?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On which side of the wall am I?<\/p>\n<p>inside the story?<\/p>\n<p>outside the room?<\/p>\n<p>Is that honeysuckle<\/p>\n<p>for feasting at the banquet<\/p>\n<p>or woodbine<\/p>\n<p>to hold me in bondage?<\/p>\n<p>Are you showing me liberty<\/p>\n<p>obtained or unattainable?<\/p>\n<p>Should I try to escape<\/p>\n<p>or am free?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you telling me a story? Giving me imagined characters whose uncertain fates matter enough to keep me caring &nbsp; Are they me wrestling with every struggle choosing wrong choices before our turning point? &nbsp; Are you showing me a story Giving me heroes and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":853,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4923],"class_list":["post-109969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-2022marathon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109969","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\/853"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109969"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123807,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109969\/revisions\/123807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}