{"id":118296,"date":"2022-06-26T02:01:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T06:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=118296"},"modified":"2022-06-26T02:01:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T06:01:13","slug":"reply-hazy-try-again-prompt-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/reply-hazy-try-again-prompt-16\/","title":{"rendered":"reply hazy try again (prompt 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>another deadbolt sliding<br \/>\nkeys jingling<br \/>\navoidant lover opens the door<br \/>\nshuffles in<br \/>\nbut keeps eyes glued to the floor<br \/>\navoiding sudden movements<br \/>\nI am the villain again and again<\/p>\n<p>I am the villain that breaks the silence<br \/>\ndaring to ask for conversation<br \/>\nor even<br \/>\nthe slightest acknowledgment<br \/>\na hint of accountability<br \/>\nend up repeatedly receiving\u00a0requests for<br \/>\n<em>a little bit of time to think<\/p>\n<p><\/em>of course, as any proper perpetrator<br \/>\nI always give them time<br \/>\ndays weeks months go by<br \/>\nwhile they decide whether they want me<br \/>\nevaluate whether there is more<br \/>\nto be squeezed<br \/>\nif anything is left of me<\/p>\n<p><em>is there an expected apology<br \/>\n<\/em>in between the professions<br \/>\nof love and appreciation<br \/>\nswearing to the ends of breath<br \/>\nthat I&#8217;m important to them<br \/>\nin the same way as AAA<br \/>\nhappy to get paid until someone needs a tow<\/p>\n<p>those keys<br \/>\nto my heart and home<br \/>\nsound flimsy when they kiss the counter<br \/>\nfront door becomes plastic<br \/>\nclosed behind them for the last time<br \/>\nthey leave an empty promise to reach out soon<br \/>\nwondering, <em>don&#8217;t you trust me?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>another deadbolt sliding keys jingling avoidant lover opens the door shuffles in but keeps eyes glued to the floor avoiding sudden movements I am the villain again and again I am the villain that breaks the silence daring to ask for conversation or even the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":981,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118296","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\/981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119195,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118296\/revisions\/119195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}