{"id":50041,"date":"2019-06-22T14:34:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T18:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=50041"},"modified":"2019-06-22T16:36:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T20:36:11","slug":"hour-6-stuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/hour-6-stuck\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 6 – Stuck"},"content":{"rendered":"

A long time ago<\/span><\/p>\n

I broke my foot <\/span><\/p>\n

chugging whiskey<\/span><\/p>\n

after being horribly unfunny<\/span><\/p>\n

professionally<\/span><\/p>\n

it didn\u2019t look good on me<\/span><\/p>\n

so I tried on another pair of shoes<\/span><\/p>\n

And fell backward over a curb<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I used to have trouble staying still<\/span><\/p>\n

not walking<\/span><\/p>\n

and lying in bed with my repercussions<\/span><\/p>\n

clanging away like cymbals in my ears<\/span><\/p>\n

if I could not walk away from them <\/span><\/p>\n

I would hop or crawl<\/span><\/p>\n

toward a new distraction<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Outside on the balcony<\/span><\/p>\n

the winter wind blustered<\/span><\/p>\n

smoke swept up <\/span><\/p>\n

like sweet treats in greedy hands<\/span><\/p>\n

my concerned partner<\/span><\/p>\n

finding no broken fiance in bed<\/span><\/p>\n

rushed outside to find me<\/span><\/p>\n

propped up <\/span><\/p>\n

in a robe<\/span><\/p>\n

on my unbroken foot<\/span><\/p>\n

in the cold<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He ushered me inside <\/span><\/p>\n

and<\/span><\/p>\n

by some meticulous design <\/span><\/p>\n

a gust curled through the hall<\/span><\/p>\n

slamming a door shut<\/span><\/p>\n

between the balcony and the hall<\/span><\/p>\n

suddenly <\/span><\/p>\n

we were trapped <\/span><\/p>\n

for an indeterminate time<\/span><\/p>\n

in the space used as our housemate\u2019s closet<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Immediately<\/span><\/p>\n

the wind died<\/span><\/p>\n

to allow us a moment of silence<\/span><\/p>\n

and there was no bargaining<\/span><\/p>\n

in the closet<\/span><\/p>\n

no lock to pick<\/span><\/p>\n

just two people in a closet<\/span><\/p>\n

squeezed in between <\/span><\/p>\n

an out of service bike<\/span><\/p>\n

platform heels<\/span><\/p>\n

knick knacks<\/span><\/p>\n

and faux furs<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This was not the time for <\/span><\/p>\n

any number of minutes in heaven<\/span><\/p>\n

nor anger<\/span><\/p>\n

but for sitting in the stillness<\/span><\/p>\n

of how we came to be <\/span><\/p>\n

stuck <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In the end<\/span><\/p>\n

I could not blame<\/span><\/p>\n

the danger shoes<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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