{"id":72468,"date":"2020-06-27T23:08:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T03:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=72468"},"modified":"2020-06-27T23:08:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T03:08:49","slug":"14-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/14-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recycled air dances through my respiratory system<\/p>\n<p>Stranger&#8217;s shoulders brush against mine<\/p>\n<p>I keep my head forward<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every bump is a sure sign of death<\/p>\n<p>Every announcement is my last<\/p>\n<p>I ask the stewardess for gingerale<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My carryon is tucked between my legs<\/p>\n<p>Ready to grab and run<\/p>\n<p>My headphones play no music<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I drift off into a sickening slumber<\/p>\n<p>Breathing shallow<\/p>\n<p>My head pounds<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had a full bladder since takeoff<\/p>\n<p>Bathroom is off limits<\/p>\n<p>Mind over matter<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The window tells me it&#8217;s still daytime<\/p>\n<p>Not for long<\/p>\n<p>Sunset is fleeting<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to fly in the dark<\/p>\n<p>The abyss<\/p>\n<p>The stars taunt me<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And this is only hour one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recycled air dances through my respiratory system Stranger&#8217;s shoulders brush against mine I keep my head forward &nbsp; Every bump is a sure sign of death Every announcement is my last I ask the stewardess for gingerale &nbsp; My carryon is tucked between my legs&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72468","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\/1204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72531,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72468\/revisions\/72531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}