{"id":131136,"date":"2023-09-02T13:46:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T17:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=131136"},"modified":"2023-09-02T13:57:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T17:57:14","slug":"the-missing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/the-missing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Missing &#8212;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">word<\/span>\u2019s gone missing.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s nowhere to be found.<br \/>\nDraw a list of suspects up<br \/>\nPut <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">word<\/span> about the town.<\/p>\n<p>I had <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">word<\/span>s with the consonants<br \/>\nI had <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">word<\/span>s with the vowels<br \/>\nNo ones seen the <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">word<\/span> \u2018<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">word<\/span>\u2019<br \/>\nFor several <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">word<\/span>less hours.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve sent <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">word<\/span> to local businesses<br \/>\nTo send their CCTV<br \/>\nIn case we spot the <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">word<\/span> thief<br \/>\nScouting dictionaries.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s sombre meetings at the Globe<br \/>\nShakespeare now a smith.<br \/>\nThey\u2019ve ordered in some anvils<br \/>\nAnd packed away the myths<\/p>\n<p>The situation\u2019s urgent,<br \/>\nBut now we\u2019ve got a lead!<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Word<\/span> is the War Museum<br \/>\nHad a dire pass<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">word<\/span> leak.<\/p>\n<p>Run the tapes! As bold as brass,<br \/>\nThe thief&#8217;s all clad in black<br \/>\nPacking up exhibits<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Word<\/span>lessly in his sack.<\/p>\n<p>But wait, the sound of sirens!<br \/>\nThe sack is hoisted high<br \/>\nSwear<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">word<\/span>s on his lips<br \/>\nAnd the leather cords untied.<\/p>\n<p>He makes it out the building<br \/>\nBut leaves something behind<br \/>\nA trail of esses scattered<br \/>\nOn the marble floor design.<\/p>\n<p>He made off with most the rapiers<br \/>\nThe claymores and the dirks<br \/>\nHe meant to take the broads<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">word<\/span>s<br \/>\nBut he only got the <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">word<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A word\u2019s gone missing. It\u2019s nowhere to be found. Draw a list of suspects up Put word about the town. I had words with the consonants I had words with the vowels No ones seen the word \u2018word\u2019 For several wordless hours. We\u2019ve sent word&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2314,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131136","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\/2314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131136"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131343,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131136\/revisions\/131343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}