{"id":131809,"date":"2023-09-02T14:29:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T18:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=131809"},"modified":"2023-09-02T14:29:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T18:29:29","slug":"the-weight-2023poetrymarathon-prompthour6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/the-weight-2023poetrymarathon-prompthour6\/","title":{"rendered":"The weight #2023poetrymarathon #prompthour6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I crawled to the end of the world<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">And peered over the edge<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">And found the living roots<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of every plant and tree<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">And the souls of men who ruled the earth<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hung from the branches<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like silent bats without wings<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cocooned in mould and grime<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">For thinking they made a difference<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">For thinking it was worth their while<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The air was mouldy and mist-ridden<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Something foul was afoot<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The waste of a selfish race<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hid the stars in muck and soot<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>How long until it flips<\/em>, I wondered<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>The weight of the world is on our shoulders<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>The blood of the worlds are on our hands<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>And THAT, my dears, is the only truth.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I crawled to the end of the world And peered over the edge And found the living roots Of every plant and tree And the souls of men who ruled the earth Hung from the branches Like silent bats without wings Cocooned in mould and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1620,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[5772,5967],"class_list":["post-131809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompts","tag-2023fullmarathon","tag-2023poetrymarathon-prompt6"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131809","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\/1620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131843,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131809\/revisions\/131843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}