{"id":87370,"date":"2021-06-26T08:15:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T12:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=87370"},"modified":"2021-07-04T03:50:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T07:50:49","slug":"session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/session\/","title":{"rendered":"HOUR 1 Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2003<br \/>\nSession<\/p>\n<p>I saw through your soul at first sight,<br \/>\nSoulless soul,<br \/>\nHollow as mine.<br \/>\nTiger\u2019s spirit; Judge, jury and executioner,<br \/>\nRolled into one ball of calm fury.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking me out for my own travesties,<br \/>\nSuch is the nature of your calling.<br \/>\nNext on your list,<br \/>\nMy penchant for the death dramatis a failing,<br \/>\nAt least to you.<\/p>\n<p>Appointment made, counselling the lies,<br \/>\nIn each word of deceit sits a truth,<br \/>\nI am as naked to you as you are to me.<br \/>\nBoth eluding the authorities,<br \/>\nFailing to offer expected motive.<\/p>\n<p>Motive is desire, nothing more,<br \/>\nSeekers of sanctions and retribution,<br \/>\nUnleashing a fury on the troubling.<br \/>\nWe are natural born killers,<br \/>\nPunishing the unworthy.<\/p>\n<p>You try to deny the thrill, justify with just cause,<br \/>\nWhereas I consume my prey in part,<br \/>\nDress the rest as a side dish for all to see.<br \/>\nI hear your hollow words,<br \/>\nBut I listen to the unspoken.<\/p>\n<p>The recorder is switched off, the papers stowed,<br \/>\nI lean forward locking my eyes with yours,<br \/>\n\u2018Your words are gracious mendacities. I see you.<br \/>\nRenowned for my discretion, speak freely,<br \/>\nAs a sheep who addresses the silent priest.<\/p>\n<p>For there is much we have in common,<br \/>\nBaying for the blood of the unrighteous,<br \/>\nBringing justice where justice fails.<br \/>\nOpen yourself to me, offer the truth,<br \/>\nAnd we shall seek together.\u2019<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/th-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/th-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/th.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2003 Session I saw through your soul at first sight, Soulless soul, Hollow as mine. Tiger\u2019s spirit; Judge, jury and executioner, Rolled into one ball of calm fury. Seeking me out for my own travesties, Such is the nature of your calling. Next on your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87370","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\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99308,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87370\/revisions\/99308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}