{"id":18391,"date":"2016-08-13T10:23:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T14:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=18391"},"modified":"2016-08-13T10:23:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T14:23:21","slug":"better-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/better-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18476\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-18476\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fix_mentim2003-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Curry and I, 2003\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fix_mentim2003-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fix_mentim2003-2-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Curry and I, 2003<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>We never really touched&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nYet, we know it was love.<br \/>\nTogether only in moments;<br \/>\nAbsence makes us fonder.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p>We were together in mind&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nYet, we are better away;<br \/>\nTogetherness can breed contempt,<br \/>\nAbsence was our friend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, I wish I was there&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nYou have not invited me.<br \/>\nNo, I am there, each breathe;<br \/>\nFor our souls are entwined.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And here I always sit&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nNo longer on the road.<br \/>\nCome to me, please&#8230;<br \/>\nWe will touch and be complete.<\/p>\n<p>Dedicated to my 30-year admiration of Tim Curry which began at the tender age of 18, and continues today (aged 52).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We never really touched&#8230; Yet, we know it was love. Together only in moments; Absence makes us fonder. We were together in mind&#8230; Yet, we are better away; Togetherness can breed contempt, Absence was our friend. Now, I wish I was there&#8230; You have not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":745,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,441],"tags":[1272,1273,31,1271],"class_list":["post-18391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses","tag-absence","tag-away","tag-love","tag-touch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18391","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\/745"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18491,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18391\/revisions\/18491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}