{"id":116069,"date":"2022-06-25T20:24:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T00:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=116069"},"modified":"2022-06-25T20:24:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T00:24:14","slug":"hour-12-a-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/hour-12-a-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 12: A Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>12 years ago I captured a memory,<br \/>\nAnd in that memory I saw today, writing it into history<br \/>\nA large room that would turn into a small room<br \/>\nBecause my family is just that big<br \/>\nA small couch that would turn into a large couch<br \/>\nBecause my aunty, she just can\u2019t sit alone<br \/>\nAnd memories floating, getting caught in my throat<br \/>\nTickling and sneezing, oozing with laughter<br \/>\nAs my mother offers mangoes and apples on a tray<br \/>\nAnd tomorrow maybe someone would say<br \/>\nThe mangoes were too ripe, the apples looked cheap<br \/>\nThe couch was too old, we nearly sank when we sat<br \/>\nThat uncle never calls enough<br \/>\nAnd grandfather can now barely talk<br \/>\nBut he still walked that day, around the room<br \/>\nSilently laughing, but assuming aloofness<br \/>\nAt how memories fade, and only laughter remains<br \/>\nA private, secret, shared laughter<br \/>\nThat I sniffed, and liked and caught and kept<br \/>\nIn my little case that I don\u2019t have many of<br \/>\nBecause I knew someday I would write it down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12 years ago I captured a memory, And in that memory I saw today, writing it into history A large room that would turn into a small room Because my family is just that big A small couch that would turn into a large couch&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":930,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116069","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\/930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116080,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116069\/revisions\/116080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}