{"id":63167,"date":"2020-06-27T10:41:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T14:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=63167"},"modified":"2020-06-27T11:37:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T15:37:25","slug":"prompt-2-recipe-for-a-non-food-item","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/prompt-2-recipe-for-a-non-food-item\/","title":{"rendered":"Prompt #2: Recipe for a non-food item"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recipe for balance in the time of plague<\/p>\n

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  1. Four and twenty birds\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    not only rusty blackbirds, but blue<\/p>\n

    jays and cardinals and goldfinches<\/p>\n

    the small house finch with his cherry<\/p>\n

    hood, the cocksure mocker with his flick<\/p>\n

    of tail.<\/p>\n

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    1. Next grate the lemon fragrance of four<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u2019o\u2019clocks, magenta blossoms, silvery<\/p>\n

      perfume. Infuse the morning light below<\/p>\n

      before combining with birds.<\/p>\n

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      1. Gild thickly with infused sunlight<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        as light as the clear post-dawn air.<\/p>\n

        Incorporate birds, sunlight, and fragrance<\/p>\n

        gently, so that birds still flutter then perch.<\/p>\n

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        1. Sprinkle heavily with the stolen songs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          of crow and raven, covered by mockingbird.<\/p>\n

          Let notes sift between birds, while mixture thickens.<\/p>\n

          Admixture should be cool and slightly sweet.<\/p>\n

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          1. Finally, spritz lightly with the sound of birds<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            bathing, four fledgling starlings clustered in a bowl<\/p>\n

            of cool water. Once done, allow recipe to bloom<\/p>\n

            in the bowl of morning. Balance done in minutes.<\/p>\n

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            Recipe for balance in the time of plague   Four and twenty birds\u2026 not only rusty blackbirds, but blue jays and cardinals and goldfinches the small house finch with his cherry hood, the cocksure mocker with his flick of tail.   Next grate the lemon…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63167","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146227,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63167\/revisions\/146227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}