{"id":144425,"date":"2023-09-03T19:39:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T23:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=144425"},"modified":"2023-09-03T19:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T23:39:27","slug":"11-scented-candle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/11-scented-candle\/","title":{"rendered":"11 \/ Scented Candle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Scented Candle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Clich\u00e9 of the autumnal display<\/p>\n<p>at the pharmacy, indisputably<\/p>\n<p>cloying by nature, Scented Candle calls<\/p>\n<p>all cinnamon and pumpkin-pie,<\/p>\n<p>caramel apple, clove,<\/p>\n<p>mulled cider, donut, maple butter,<\/p>\n<p>fresh-cut wreath,<\/p>\n<p>vanilla double bourbon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No need to go outside<\/p>\n<p>Scented Candle says\u2014no need<\/p>\n<p>to bake or gather.\u00a0 It knows<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d rather strike a match<\/p>\n<p>and watch Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>A seasonal enabler.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The glass bowl rests solid<\/p>\n<p>in my palm and feels like<\/p>\n<p>something real.\u00a0 This smooth<\/p>\n<p>plane of unmelted wax invites<\/p>\n<p>like a just-Zambonied rink.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a still-white wick<\/p>\n<p>I can trim just right and it will catch<\/p>\n<p>then burn into a perfect pool,<\/p>\n<p>a cranberry red puddle not yet<\/p>\n<p>fallen below its own high-tide mark.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remember the cupboard of half-<\/p>\n<p>burned candles?\u00a0 But something turns<\/p>\n<p>in me, decays like a threadbare<\/p>\n<p>yellowed leaf.\u00a0 It\u2019s candle season<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[prompt: \u201cExtraordinary in Ordinary\u201d- pick an ordinary object and make it extraordinary. You can do it by giving it some special attributes or a different background and story.]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scented Candle &nbsp; Clich\u00e9 of the autumnal display at the pharmacy, indisputably cloying by nature, Scented Candle calls all cinnamon and pumpkin-pie, caramel apple, clove, mulled cider, donut, maple butter, fresh-cut wreath, vanilla double bourbon. &nbsp; No need to go outside Scented Candle says\u2014no need&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":756,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144425","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\/756"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144462,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144425\/revisions\/144462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}