{"id":129721,"date":"2023-09-02T13:33:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T17:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=129721"},"modified":"2023-09-02T15:18:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T19:18:04","slug":"absolution-prompt-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/absolution-prompt-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Absolution (prompt 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">shame is a spotlight<br \/>\nwatching with hungry eyes<br \/>\nas you drink coffee from a seashell<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">saying it tastes like your past lover<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">her laughter sweet as it touches<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>your tongue<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">jane doe smells like every september<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">but I am every august<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">just one month shy of perfect<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">filled with ruthless storms<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">like the Arizona desert<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I was raised in<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>shame is an empty room<br \/>\nbrimming with unmet need<br \/>\nyet still grows heavier<br \/>\ncombing through old selfies<br \/>\nto remember what it looks like<br \/>\nor how it felt before<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>when I wear the proper mask<br \/>\nmy words come out better<br \/>\nthat night you said<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re going to do next<br \/>\nthe convincing porcelain of composure<br \/>\nbecame a face that would not shatter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>we buried ourselves alive<br \/>\nknowing the bones would one day surface<br \/>\nas a singing monument<br \/>\nof how we have evolved<br \/>\nI will be better for it<br \/>\nand you will return to her<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>shame is a spotlight watching with hungry eyes as you drink coffee from a seashell saying it tastes like your past lover her laughter sweet as it touches your tongue jane doe smells like every september but I am every august just one month shy&#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-129721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129721","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=129721"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132557,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129721\/revisions\/132557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}