{"id":72502,"date":"2020-06-27T23:29:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T03:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=72502"},"modified":"2020-06-27T23:29:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T03:29:16","slug":"prompt-15-hour-15-rushed-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/prompt-15-hour-15-rushed-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Prompt 15, Hour 15 &#8211; Rushed Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We scurry,<\/p>\n<p>because the airport is two hours away<\/p>\n<p>on a good day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We wait in line,<\/p>\n<p>because we never travel during the off seasons.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Carpe diem&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>subsides to the immigrant hustle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The luggage is heavier than it ought to be;<\/p>\n<p>somehow that&#8217;s no surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Extra fees. Extra wrapping. Wallets out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We take in the scene,<\/p>\n<p>because airports are both an experience of rushed chaos<\/p>\n<p>and deep gratitude for the privilege.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We wait at the gate.<\/p>\n<p>The families look like ours; we hear our dialect.<\/p>\n<p>For a moment, our stories align with a real narrative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We scurry, because the airport is two hours away on a good day. &nbsp; We wait in line, because we never travel during the off seasons. &#8220;Carpe diem&#8221;\u00a0subsides to the immigrant hustle. &nbsp; The luggage is heavier than it ought to be; somehow that&#8217;s no&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1279,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72502","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\/1279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79362,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72502\/revisions\/79362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}