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don\u2019t : what? : you better not : be about to say : what i think you\u2019re about to say : <\/i>which should be easy : cos i have no idea : how we got here :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n just moments earlier : i was telling stella about : what i saw : inside the pod : or what i didn\u2019t see : perhaps more accurately : given it was kinda : futuristic igloo : crossed with minimalistic man cave : for the modern adventuring extraterrestrial : but i hadn\u2019t even gotten : to the good bit : about how i escaped : before she started going off at me : for doing dangerous things : & leaving her & reuben & the kids : in the lurch : & what point did i think : i was making : climbing the white ladder : in the first place : & we\u2019ren\u2019t we trying : to lay low : & not draw attention : to ourselves : & i promise : i wasn\u2019t about to say : are you gonna stop nagging : so i can tell you what i found out<\/i> : although i think\u00a0 <\/span>that\u2019s what stella thought i was about to say : & maybe it was : but seriously : it\u2019s cool what i\u2019ve learnt : & she\u2019s making me feel bad : just cos she thinks : i was taking an unnecessary risk : which maybe i was : okay which i definitely was : but how : do i tell her : jumping on that ladder : was the first time : i\u2019d felt hopeful : since the whole : invasion-thing started : well not the first time : obviously : being with her is : pretty amazing : (most of the time) : but hitching the ride : made me feel i was actually : fighting back : or at least : trying to resist : or learn about the enemy : & then she says : of course : you don\u2019t care : i was terrified : you were never coming back<\/i> : & suddenly : it all makes : a lot more sense : & i realise what : a complete arse : i\u2019ve been : & i\u2019m not sure : how to get out of it : except by saying :<\/p>\n you\u2019re right : i\u2019m sorry <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" a slight snag don\u2019t : what? : you better not : be about to say : what i think you\u2019re about to say : which should be easy : cos i have no idea : how we got here :\u00a0 just moments earlier : i…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":360,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[5772,5913,1552,683,5914,5915,4921],"class_list":["post-130095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses","tag-2023fullmarathon","tag-consequences-of-hasty-actions","tag-dropped-the-sky","tag-marriage","tag-nagging","tag-old-married-couple-but-theyre-not","tag-ya-verse-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130095","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\/360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130153,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130095\/revisions\/130153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}