{"id":27223,"date":"2016-08-14T04:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=27223"},"modified":"2016-08-14T05:53:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T09:53:57","slug":"hour-19-old-phrase-new-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/hour-19-old-phrase-new-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 19 &#8211; Old Phrase, New Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>Welcome Back Hom<em>e<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8216;Welcome Back Home&#8217; exclaims the sign that hangs above the door.<br \/>\nThe house sits darkly mocking me, as I stand in the street.<br \/>\nTwelve years at least since I was here; it feels like it\u2019s been more;<br \/>\nI feel the old familiar rage begin to build, so sweet.<\/p>\n<p>The house sits blindly brooding here, amid the cracked concrete.<br \/>\n\u201cOf course, there can be no sign here,\u201d I tell myself once more,<br \/>\n\u201cThere\u2019s no one left here anyway, for this foul meet and greet.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8216;Welcome Back Home&#8217; exclaims the sign that hangs above the door.<\/p>\n<p>The doctors warned me not to come, I guess they knew the score.<br \/>\nI try to move, but just stand here &#8211; I\u2019m frozen on my feet.<br \/>\nI hear incessant laughter now, and know I must explore;<br \/>\nThe house sits darkly mocking me, as I stand in the street.<\/p>\n<p>I tread the path most forcefully; there will be no retreat!<br \/>\nMy fingers tremble shakily as I reach for the door.<br \/>\nIt opens wide as if to say \u201cCome get a bite to eat!\u201d<br \/>\nTwelve years at least since I was here; it feels like it\u2019s been more.<\/p>\n<p>Stepping through the portal, I am rocked right to my core;<br \/>\nThe door slams shut behind me and I feel desirous heat.<br \/>\nNow from the walls the voices start, and hate begins to pour.<br \/>\nI feel the old familiar rage begin to build, so sweet.<\/p>\n<p>As memories of death return, I start to feel complete.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve spent twelve years forgetting, now it\u2019s time to recall more.<br \/>\nThe memories of blood and pain bring a smile of conceit<br \/>\nI know now why it waited, and it need wait no more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Welcome Back Home&#8217;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Back Home &#8216;Welcome Back Home&#8217; exclaims the sign that hangs above the door. The house sits darkly mocking me, as I stand in the street. Twelve years at least since I was here; it feels like it\u2019s been more; I feel the old familiar&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":839,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[680,2004],"class_list":["post-27223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-poetrymarathon","tag-rondeau-redouble"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27223","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\/839"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27223"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27797,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27223\/revisions\/27797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}