{"id":139042,"date":"2023-09-03T00:06:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T04:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=139042"},"modified":"2023-09-03T00:06:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T04:06:53","slug":"villain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/villain\/","title":{"rendered":"Villain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hour 15<\/em><\/p>\n

I want you to suffer<\/p>\n

When I\u2019m in pain<\/p>\n

That way I don\u2019t have to<\/p>\n

Deal with my own shame<\/p>\n

I would rather just find<\/p>\n

Someone else to blame<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I am never at fault<\/p>\n

I am never wrong<\/p>\n

You were the problem<\/p>\n

All along<\/p>\n

I am noble<\/p>\n

For being so forgiving<\/p>\n

Even though I just don\u2019t like dealing<\/p>\n

With the difficult aspects of my behaviour<\/p>\n

Rather take it out on my next-door neighbour<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Everybody likes me<\/p>\n

So I am above reproach<\/p>\n

Act innocently<\/p>\n

That\u2019s my approach<\/p>\n

To gain as many people on my side<\/p>\n

I claim to carry moral authority<\/p>\n

While I revel at others\u2019 stupidity<\/p>\n

I am the tortured genius<\/p>\n

God\u2019s gift to humanity<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I make you sad<\/p>\n

To feel powerful<\/p>\n

I distance myself<\/p>\n

From those inconvenient to me<\/p>\n

I wallow in my self-hate<\/p>\n

While I see myself above all the rest<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019m a villain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hour 15 I want you to suffer When I\u2019m in pain That way I don\u2019t have to Deal with my own shame I would rather just find Someone else to blame   I am never at fault I am never wrong You were the problem…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1399,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139042","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\/1399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139042"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139064,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139042\/revisions\/139064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}