{"id":70174,"date":"2020-06-27T19:13:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T23:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=70174"},"modified":"2020-06-27T20:07:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T00:07:05","slug":"hour-10-prompt-10-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/hour-10-prompt-10-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 10, Prompt 10 – Listening"},"content":{"rendered":"

I used to pride myself<\/span><\/p>\n

in the bold statement<\/span><\/p>\n

that I had no interest<\/span><\/p>\n

in Cat Stevens<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

To me\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

he was in the oeuvre<\/span><\/p>\n

of middle-aged white men<\/span><\/p>\n

toting acoustic guitars<\/span><\/p>\n

and singing droopy songs<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

One day<\/span><\/p>\n

annoyed by my hollow decrees<\/span><\/p>\n

my partner sat me down<\/span><\/p>\n

and made me listen<\/span><\/p>\n

to \u201cFather & Son\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Rather than whining<\/span><\/p>\n

there was an inverted echo\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

between the old and the young:<\/span><\/p>\n

the old have gone and now must stay<\/span><\/p>\n

the young have staid and now must go<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I thought I\u2019d heard Cat Stevens<\/span><\/p>\n

But I was listening to Yusef Islam<\/span><\/p>\n

Before he left<\/span><\/p>\n

and turned into himself<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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