{"id":68708,"date":"2020-06-27T17:14:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T21:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=68708"},"modified":"2020-06-27T17:14:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T21:14:52","slug":"fireflies-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/fireflies-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireflies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I pretend that fireflies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come around to remind me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That there&#8217;s more than one light <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That the mask I wear everyday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isn&#8217;t the sign of <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something nefarious <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead I add some words <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the strange adage <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth shall set you free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I add: Maybe if they don&#8217;t kill you <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right away <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And as I hurriedly walk past<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My eyes lowered <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My breath quick <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think not of the treeline <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With strange fruit <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hanging like apples <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I prefer to think <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That fireflies are coming <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the heat <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make me think<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re safe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/merlin_168334827_b1c426b5-f040-4863-8374-d4ad6e397cf7-superJumbo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/merlin_168334827_b1c426b5-f040-4863-8374-d4ad6e397cf7-superJumbo.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/merlin_168334827_b1c426b5-f040-4863-8374-d4ad6e397cf7-superJumbo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/merlin_168334827_b1c426b5-f040-4863-8374-d4ad6e397cf7-superJumbo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/merlin_168334827_b1c426b5-f040-4863-8374-d4ad6e397cf7-superJumbo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/merlin_168334827_b1c426b5-f040-4863-8374-d4ad6e397cf7-superJumbo-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/merlin_168334827_b1c426b5-f040-4863-8374-d4ad6e397cf7-superJumbo-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I pretend that fireflies Come around to remind me That there&#8217;s more than one light That the mask I wear everyday Isn&#8217;t the sign of Something nefarious Instead I add some words To the strange adage The truth shall set you free I add: Maybe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68708","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\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68709,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68708\/revisions\/68709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}