{"id":141139,"date":"2023-09-03T04:27:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T08:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=141139"},"modified":"2023-09-03T04:27:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T08:27:25","slug":"prompt-20-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/prompt-20-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"#Prompt 20 &#8211; 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Morning Shower<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Opens the door<br \/>\nEyes still closed dreading the day<br \/>\nI\u2019m getting too old for this<br \/>\nTake the cat out the sink<br \/>\nBrush teeth<br \/>\nTake the cat out of the sink again<br \/>\nWipe up the splatters of water from wayward paws<br \/>\nUndress<br \/>\nTake the cat out of the shower<br \/>\nTurn it on to heat up<br \/>\nTake cat out of the shower banish it behind a closed door<br \/>\nNo deterrent<br \/>\nDoor too easy to unlatch<br \/>\nTake cat out of the shower<br \/>\nClose glass door quickly to prevent an invasion<br \/>\nConcede defeat<br \/>\nTake a shower with the cat<br \/>\nRinse shampoo out of my hair<br \/>\nAnd cat\u2019s fur<br \/>\nDespite my best efforts \u2026 cat always beats me through the door<br \/>\nMakes a b-line for the bed and disappears under the duvet<br \/>\nRetrieves cat<br \/>\nTurns back covers to dry out during the day<br \/>\nTake cat off work clothes<br \/>\nFinds some more<br \/>\nDry one<br \/>\nBrush my hair<br \/>\nHunt the floor for bands and clips<br \/>\nGrab cat before it launches itself out the window<br \/>\nMakes a mental note to invest in a new locks<br \/>\nTo trap cat<br \/>\nOut of my way<br \/>\nSo I can get ready in peace<br \/>\nPromptly forget<br \/>\nThus continuing to jump on same merry-go-round<br \/>\nEvery flippin morning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morning Shower Opens the door Eyes still closed dreading the day I\u2019m getting too old for this Take the cat out the sink Brush teeth Take the cat out of the sink again Wipe up the splatters of water from wayward paws Undress Take the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1605,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141139","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\/1605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141150,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141139\/revisions\/141150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}