{"id":19883,"date":"2016-08-13T12:34:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T16:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=19883"},"modified":"2016-08-13T12:34:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T16:34:24","slug":"poem-4-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/poem-4-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 4: Marked Body<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Basement, poorly lit<\/p>\n<p>Candles flicker<\/p>\n<p>One unfamiliar torch<\/p>\n<p>A cloaked figure come bearing gifts \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Banishment and branding,<\/p>\n<p>But not death, not hanging<\/p>\n<p>From the highest tower.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Awakening, in pain<\/p>\n<p>Heat crackles, smoke burns<\/p>\n<p>Flames creep<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sister, marked \u2013 brand blooms across her lips,<\/p>\n<p>A terrible flower, decorative knot,<\/p>\n<p>So intricate.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019ll prophesy no more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I, I am marked too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Splinter of wood<\/p>\n<p>Crackle of fire.<\/p>\n<p>Out, out, out.<\/p>\n<p>Hide, hide, hide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wind and other things<\/p>\n<p>Howl<\/p>\n<p>Through woods<\/p>\n<p>We sleep and lie awake<\/p>\n<p>Lost in a hunting cabin<\/p>\n<p>Moonlight slides through slats of wood.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Protect us.<\/p>\n<p>Forget us.<\/p>\n<p>Let us live.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 4: Marked Body &nbsp; Basement, poorly lit Candles flicker One unfamiliar torch A cloaked figure come bearing gifts \u2013 Banishment and branding, But not death, not hanging From the highest tower. &nbsp; &nbsp; Awakening, in pain Heat crackles, smoke burns Flames creep &nbsp; Sister,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":842,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19883","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\/842"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19889,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19883\/revisions\/19889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}