{"id":68691,"date":"2020-06-27T17:14:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T21:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=68691"},"modified":"2020-06-27T17:14:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T21:14:18","slug":"heat-of-summer-suns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/heat-of-summer-suns\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat of Summer Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the heat given out by a firefly\u00a0in a bottle,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

shards are broken, bomb and knife,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the splinter of senses,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The litany of evil deeds,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

that pour forth from the TV sets<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

into houses where reaction is less compassion now,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

more of lethargy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These mayfly moments<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

of sharpened hearts<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

that can only exist for a second,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

dead after, remembered all the same,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

as strange, they weigh so much more alone,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

than the name of all his collected dead.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A mask of hate, so much easier to wear than of kindness.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Heroes are made in memorandum.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Devils stacked high.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The world steps on.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing else to be done.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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