{"id":40314,"date":"2017-08-06T00:52:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T04:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=40314"},"modified":"2017-08-06T00:52:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T04:52:15","slug":"the-creature-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/the-creature-16\/","title":{"rendered":"The Creature (16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arctic temperatures<\/p>\n<p>did little to slow<\/p>\n<p>the creature.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the scientist became<\/p>\n<p>thinner, weaker,<\/p>\n<p>ematiciated,<\/p>\n<p>the creature<\/p>\n<p>seemed to grow, embolded.<\/p>\n<p>With gloveless hands<\/p>\n<p>the creature<\/p>\n<p>whipped the dogs pulling the sled.<\/p>\n<p>The creature\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>hideous eyes didn\u2019t water<\/p>\n<p>from the blistering cold.<\/p>\n<p>The creature<\/p>\n<p>leaned to the right<\/p>\n<p>then left<\/p>\n<p>guiding the sled<\/p>\n<p>as much with weight<\/p>\n<p>as with training.<\/p>\n<p>Frostbite fled<\/p>\n<p>the creature,<\/p>\n<p>in fear of muscle tissue<\/p>\n<p>and blood vessels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Skinless,<\/p>\n<p>the creature<\/p>\n<p>peered over his shoulder<\/p>\n<p>and saw his impending capture.<\/p>\n<p>This ice, he thought,<\/p>\n<p>this ice will save me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arctic temperatures did little to slow the creature. &nbsp; As the scientist became thinner, weaker, ematiciated, the creature seemed to grow, embolded. With gloveless hands the creature whipped the dogs pulling the sled. The creature\u2019s hideous eyes didn\u2019t water from the blistering cold. The creature&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1028,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40314","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\/1028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40326,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40314\/revisions\/40326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}