{"id":138376,"date":"2023-09-02T22:53:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T02:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=138376"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:06:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T20:06:36","slug":"hour-fourteen-barriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/hour-fourteen-barriers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour Fourteen: Barriers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-138073 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jon-tyson-i7ZXmllhFfg-unsplash-768x1022-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jon-tyson-i7ZXmllhFfg-unsplash-768x1022-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jon-tyson-i7ZXmllhFfg-unsplash-768x1022-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">No worries about<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The wall with the window<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">To nowhere<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Too smooth to climb<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Too wide to get over<\/p>\n<p>Too boring for temptation<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who is it keeping out?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who is it keeping in?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The highway barrier<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">A slab of unmovable concrete<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tough enough<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">To protect and restrain<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">A piece of peace<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">To rest upon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The hoodie to hide behind<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">For keeping secrets<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">For keeping myself unknown<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">To burrow under for respite<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">To frighten unfriendlies<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who get too close for comfort<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No worries about The wall with the window To nowhere Too smooth to climb Too wide to get over Too boring for temptation Who is it keeping out? Who is it keeping in? &nbsp; The highway barrier A slab of unmovable concrete Tough enough To&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":853,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[5783],"class_list":["post-138376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-marathon2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138376","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\/853"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138376"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144981,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138376\/revisions\/144981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}