I want to laugh,<\/p>\n
unbridled, raw, pure, innocent,<\/p>\n
the kind that comes in waves despite<\/p>\n
your stomach knotting in stitches.<\/p>\n
I want to choke on giggles that<\/p>\n
make water spurt out of your nose,<\/p>\n
that make talking impossible,<\/p>\n
and send you rolling on the floor.<\/p>\n
I want the laughter that starts with just one word,<\/p>\n
or a look, a knowing glance,<\/p>\n
that comes from oft repeated inside jokes,<\/p>\n
privy only to those close to the heart.<\/p>\n
I want laughter that is norm with the ongoing conversations<\/p>\n
that is transparent, unchecked and free from judgement,<\/p>\n
I long to laugh a real laugh,<\/p>\n
It’s been so long, I wonder if I can anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I want to laugh, unbridled, raw, pure, innocent, the kind that comes in waves despite your stomach knotting in stitches. I want to choke on giggles that make water spurt out of your nose, that make talking impossible, and send you rolling on the floor….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1442,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75025","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\/1442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75025"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77355,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75025\/revisions\/77355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}