The Harbinger (Valkyrie Kerry)<\/p>\n
Watching,
\nHarbinger drinks,
\nMuttering of murder,
\nMenacing ingenuity,
\nWitness.<\/p>\n
Watching,
\nThe old drunk waits,
\nPreparing to confess,
\nSpeaking of our dark transgressions,
\nDanger.<\/p>\n
Clearing,
\nDyer-Bolique,
\nCollects the dead bodies,
\nRemains for forest fire\u2019s hearth,
\nCareful.<\/p>\n
Hiding,
\nProphet of doom,
\nGathering his tales,
\nTestimony to be laid bare,
\nNaked.<\/p>\n
Watching,
\nHarbinger drinks,
\nWoeful words of their doom,
\nFire lights high, smoke in the sky,
\nDanger.<\/p>\n
Watching,
\nI see him lurk,
\nWarn you beloved man,
\nTogether we hatch a new plan,
\nCareful.<\/p>\n
Clearing,
\nYou speak aloud,
\nGarner his attention,
\nDraw his fears and watch the panic,
\nWatching.<\/p>\n
Waiting,
\nWire remains,
\nEasily cut, prepared,
\nBarbed wire stretched in hand, I sneak,
\nBehind.<\/p>\n
Behind,
\nWire round neck,
\nHe struggles and cries out,
\nSlashing and tightening his throat,
\nChoking.<\/p>\n
Bleeding,
\nGurgling gore,
\nSpilling to the wood\u2019s floor,
\nA new ember for the pyre,
\nBurning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Harbinger (Valkyrie Kerry) Watching, Harbinger drinks, Muttering of murder, Menacing ingenuity, Witness. Watching, The old drunk waits, Preparing to confess, Speaking of our dark transgressions, Danger. Clearing, Dyer-Bolique, Collects the dead bodies, Remains for forest fire\u2019s hearth, Careful. Hiding, Prophet of doom, Gathering his…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117300","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\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117304,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117300\/revisions\/117304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}