{"id":130110,"date":"2023-09-02T12:34:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T16:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=130110"},"modified":"2023-09-02T12:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T16:34:25","slug":"hour-4-not-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/hour-4-not-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 4: Not for me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am convinced man must essentially be a masochist<br \/>\nI am convinced this institution is not for me<br \/>\nFor how else would you justify a perfectly sane creature<br \/>\nWho is perfectly happy, financially and emotionally secure,<br \/>\nSuddenly decides to pluck his heart and place it<br \/>\nAt her feet?<br \/>\nAnd what&#8217;s more, hold a lavish ceremony, inviting all and sundry<br \/>\nTo witness the display of his sacrifice at the altar of her whims and fancies<br \/>\nThe final nail on the coffin would be the rings they exchange<br \/>\nAnd exchange the vows that would fade with time<br \/>\nTheir family and well-wishes cheer on boisterously<br \/>\nWhen the bride throws the bouquet into the crowd<br \/>\nAnd a pretty girl catches my eyes and smiles at me meaningfully<br \/>\nAn old-fashion blush taints my cheek<br \/>\nI imagine her and me in bridal clothes<br \/>\nExchanging rings and exchanging rings seems so romantic&#8230;<br \/>\nErr, didn&#8217;t I say man is essentially masochist?!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am convinced man must essentially be a masochist I am convinced this institution is not for me For how else would you justify a perfectly sane creature Who is perfectly happy, financially and emotionally secure, Suddenly decides to pluck his heart and place it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4553,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130110","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\/4553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130127,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130110\/revisions\/130127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}