{"id":2322,"date":"2014-08-23T15:34:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T19:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2014-08-23T15:34:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T19:34:09","slug":"dear-cousin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/dear-cousin\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Cousin:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we were young,<br \/>\nwe were so close.<br \/>\nSocietal conventions,<br \/>\nkeeping us&#8230; from<br \/>\ncrossing that line.<\/p>\n<p>I always felt<br \/>\nsafe around you.<br \/>\nThe big brother,<br \/>\nI never had<br \/>\nProtecting me from harm.<\/p>\n<p>Now; your quirks,<br \/>\nHaving become a fanaticism,<br \/>\nI do not understand.<br \/>\nYou follow me online,<br \/>\nAttacking my character.<\/p>\n<p>I try to ignore.<br \/>\nSometimes I succeed.<br \/>\nSometimes I don&#8217;t.<br \/>\nMy heart hurt,<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t help but wonder:<\/p>\n<p>What happened to my hero?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we were young, we were so close. Societal conventions, keeping us&#8230; from crossing that line. I always felt safe around you. The big brother, I never had Protecting me from harm. Now; your quirks, Having become a fanaticism, I do not understand. You follow&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322","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\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2346,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions\/2346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}