{"id":54907,"date":"2019-06-23T00:14:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T04:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=54907"},"modified":"2019-06-23T00:14:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T04:14:02","slug":"prompt-20-h16-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/prompt-20-h16-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Prompt 20\/H16-Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walking through the city<br \/>\nSilence pervades each corner<br \/>\nEverything is somewhat gritty<br \/>\nCaution as we move south<br \/>\nA glint of silver, a flash of red<br \/>\nMurder in the daylight<br \/>\nYour turn to take her head<br \/>\nPocketing the valuables<br \/>\nQuickly, the world is watching<br \/>\nRound the corner, down the alley<br \/>\nStealth and silence are catching<br \/>\nAn empty courtyard, bleak and grey<br \/>\nPretty, petty, artificial,<br \/>\nAlmost garish in the light of day.<br \/>\nHALT!<br \/>\nThe guards arise<br \/>\nFrom the pavement and the shadow.<br \/>\nCommanding and present, unavoidable.<br \/>\nFaster now, the roof will work somehow<br \/>\nUp the steps, no hesitation<br \/>\nSnagging gold statue decorations<br \/>\nAha! At last, the signal boosting,<br \/>\nA rock, arcane, the key it&#8217;s plain<br \/>\nA snap, a spark, an empty roof<br \/>\nReturned from whence you came<br \/>\nSafe at last, murder success<br \/>\nAnd thanks to the statues<br \/>\nRich as the emperess<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking through the city Silence pervades each corner Everything is somewhat gritty Caution as we move south A glint of silver, a flash of red Murder in the daylight Your turn to take her head Pocketing the valuables Quickly, the world is watching Round the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":873,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54907","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\/873"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55005,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54907\/revisions\/55005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}