{"id":137015,"date":"2023-09-02T20:40:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T00:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=137015"},"modified":"2023-09-02T20:40:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T00:40:50","slug":"hour-11-water-the-wilting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/hour-11-water-the-wilting\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 11: Water the Wilting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am watering moms plants<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">With a dark blue watering can<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The water level is a guess until it empties<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">And the growth it gives is a wait and see<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This is what knowing you has been like<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The fullest I&#8217;ve ever been<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Until your presence barely rippled me<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">But new leaves apparent<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">You showed me I can still catch my own sun<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">My chemical bath picks a new soul to hyperfixate on<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">And my soul learns numbness prevents abandon<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">So the countdown begins<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I&#8217;ve never been in love more than 547 days at a time<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I think my soulmate does not lie in longevity<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">But instead is a catch and release<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A relearning<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">And re-recognition<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I used to ask my lovers to know me<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Now I know once they do it is the ending<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I am nothing if not temporary residue<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sending updates over smoke signals<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Try to keep up<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Until your lungs get squeezed<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Until you realize finish lines are fiction<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Until you want to stop learning this flesh<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Until you need to just stop<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Your throat&#8217;s dry<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">And you need to drink someone new<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am watering moms plants With a dark blue watering can The water level is a guess until it empties And the growth it gives is a wait and see This is what knowing you has been like The fullest I&#8217;ve ever been Until your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5310,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137015","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\/5310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137018,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137015\/revisions\/137018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}