{"id":57872,"date":"2019-06-23T08:38:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T12:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=57872"},"modified":"2019-06-23T08:38:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T12:38:18","slug":"signal-from-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/signal-from-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Signal from Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the pinnacle, the ultimate moment<br \/>\nThe jukebox is playing all the hits<br \/>\nWe\u2019ve left our troubles on the red planet<br \/>\nOur pain and suffering is all but gone<br \/>\nYou and I have been numb for too long<\/p>\n<p>They could build a solid concrete wall<br \/>\nA wall supported by foundations, steel<br \/>\nBut nothing could dampen our spirits<br \/>\nYes, we\u2019re unfamiliar and perplexing<br \/>\nBut our material bodies are fading<\/p>\n<p>The creatures outside have restrained us<br \/>\nBut we, too, have been preparing to fly<br \/>\nSo, yes, it\u2019s happening now, ready?<br \/>\nTie your shoes and set the Twinkie down<br \/>\nYou, me, and the dog will transcend today<\/p>\n<p><em>Inspired by Don&#8217;t Stop Me Now by Queen<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the pinnacle, the ultimate moment The jukebox is playing all the hits We\u2019ve left our troubles on the red planet Our pain and suffering is all but gone You and I have been numb for too long They could build a solid concrete wall&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1280,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2114,1136,441,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-announcement","category-official-marathon-prompts","category-poetry-prompt-responses","category-poetry-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57872","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\/1280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57968,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57872\/revisions\/57968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}