{"id":7130,"date":"2015-06-13T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=7130"},"modified":"2015-06-13T10:27:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T14:27:59","slug":"again-and-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/again-and-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Again and Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

he beat the child<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

thinking that tomorrow it would<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

return to its old self, brand-new,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

a shiny scratch-free Teflon pan ready<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

for the fire;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

that the child’s smile<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

would reappear like the daily sunrise,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

or a tape rewound constantly,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

gurgling out goose after Mother Goose<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

of happy songs<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

high-pitched on the swing,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

merry-go-round after merry-go-round<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

of daddythis and daddythat,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

its cries coming from a talking doll<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

on a string,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

but most of all that<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the bruises would rub off with soap<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and rough towels, that the skin would<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

rid itself of its scars, that there are no<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

memories in darkness.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

(c) Ella Wagemakers, 16.00 Dutch time (= 10.00 a.m. EST in the US)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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