{"id":138501,"date":"2023-09-02T23:03:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T03:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=138501"},"modified":"2023-09-02T23:05:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T03:05:47","slug":"down-in-the-bayou-prompt-hour-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/down-in-the-bayou-prompt-hour-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Down in the Bayou &#8211; Prompt Hour 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It happened in the bayou<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>yes way down in the bayou.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The streets were iridescent<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>in their darkness,<\/p>\n<p>Each lightbulb atop a tall<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>pole, broken and shattered.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A slight magical scent of cinnamon<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>floated in the dark swampy air.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Not even a rising sun<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>red as a newly plucked beet,<\/p>\n<p>Could chase the undesirables away;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>and they had no recourse.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Not to be defeated and in need<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>of drink and water,<\/p>\n<p>A tremble of fear spread throughout<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>the group of refugees.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Without a jacket, scarf or glove,<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>all would kick the bucket<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>before their second meal unless<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>the elk they hunted, would soon fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It happened in the bayou \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 yes way down in the bayou.\u00a0 The streets were iridescent\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 in their darkness, Each lightbulb atop a tall \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 pole, broken and shattered.\u00a0 A slight magical scent of cinnamon \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 floated in the dark&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138501","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\/795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138501"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138533,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138501\/revisions\/138533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}