{"id":36764,"date":"2017-08-05T17:51:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T21:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=36764"},"modified":"2017-08-05T18:27:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T22:27:13","slug":"post-10-straight-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/post-10-straight-talking\/","title":{"rendered":"Post 10 &#8211; straight talking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under remote control<br \/>\nThe quivering train trecks of Westfalia<br \/>\nAre kept secluded<br \/>\nLong empty heaving writhing in<br \/>\nGross indecency<br \/>\nLess amusing<br \/>\nThan if puppeteered in person<\/p>\n<p>Indeed,<br \/>\nFind me<br \/>\nIn the clocktower<br \/>\nBeside the rooftops of Sally Houses<br \/>\nAnd over the Pinkerton streets<br \/>\nCome find me won&#8217;t you,<br \/>\nFishing for treats<br \/>\nIt is a warm day to wear black feathers as<br \/>\nThe rook of the raven&#8217;s nest<br \/>\nWho mocks the gibbet<br \/>\nWho takes up commanding esoterica<br \/>\nWho bandages unbroken kitchen drawer things<br \/>\nAnd stuffs them into guttering<br \/>\nAssuming gestures are followed correctly<br \/>\nMe<br \/>\nIf the weather is good<br \/>\nAnd even the RSPB don&#8217;t know about it<br \/>\nThough they pursue me<\/p>\n<p>Our grapefruits are ready<\/p>\n<p>Damned if the bell doesn&#8217;t startle me still<\/p>\n<p>I will bring forks when forks are needed<br \/>\nEven if I decide they would look nice<br \/>\nForks to me will be special<br \/>\nForks to me will hold a special place<\/p>\n<p>Under remote control<br \/>\nI make an application<br \/>\nUnder elastic arms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under remote control The quivering train trecks of Westfalia Are kept secluded Long empty heaving writhing in Gross indecency Less amusing Than if puppeteered in person Indeed, Find me In the clocktower Beside the rooftops of Sally Houses And over the Pinkerton streets Come find&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36764","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\/1126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36764"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37291,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36764\/revisions\/37291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}