{"id":52675,"date":"2019-06-22T19:12:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T23:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=52675"},"modified":"2019-06-22T19:12:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T23:12:36","slug":"flew-the-coop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/flew-the-coop\/","title":{"rendered":"Flew the Coop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like a bird, I sat in a cage<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for your attention<\/p>\n<p>Each day I watched as you walked by<\/p>\n<p>Not knowing my intention<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The cage \u2013 prison of security,<\/p>\n<p>of my very own invention<\/p>\n<p>I cooed, I squawked, I made a mess<\/p>\n<p>Longing for some intervention<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I waited and wondered,<\/p>\n<p>why not sing with me?<\/p>\n<p>A song of our invention<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An ounce of prevention<\/p>\n<p>Is worth a pound of cure<\/p>\n<p>However, understanding that<\/p>\n<p>seems beyond comprehension<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My sorrow grew strong<\/p>\n<p>My patience grew thin<\/p>\n<p>My needs, only<\/p>\n<p>Fostering dissension in the end<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So now your gone,<\/p>\n<p>Flew the coop<\/p>\n<p>This nest is mine alone<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I will sing my song<\/p>\n<p>And sing it strong<\/p>\n<p>Being left in isolation<\/p>\n<p>And strong conviction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like a bird, I sat in a cage Waiting for your attention Each day I watched as you walked by Not knowing my intention &nbsp; The cage \u2013 prison of security, of my very own invention I cooed, I squawked, I made a mess Longing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52675","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\/1164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52708,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52675\/revisions\/52708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}