{"id":90455,"date":"2021-06-26T12:31:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T16:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=90455"},"modified":"2021-06-26T12:41:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T16:41:42","slug":"control-thepoetrymarathon-prompthourfour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/control-thepoetrymarathon-prompthourfour\/","title":{"rendered":"Control. #thepoetrymarathon #prompthourfour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Possibly with a blank sheet of paper enclosed, by way of explanation.&#8221; Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters by J.D.Salinger.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">When did I lose control?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">When exactly, did my life<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Start careening mindlessly<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Among the debris of stars<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">That have fallen to pieces<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Around me? When did I lose<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">To the darkness that mills<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Spreading fingers that chill<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">To the bone? When did I<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Stop to stop and watch<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The kittens tumbling by the road<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pawing each other in play. When did<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The storms gather, blowing dust<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">And wind spiralling out of control? When<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">You answer my questions, do not call<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Out to me. Just leave the bouquet<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Of white lilies at the door. Possibly<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">With a blank sheet of paper enclosed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By way of explanation, of course.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Possibly with a blank sheet of paper enclosed, by way of explanation.&#8221; Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters by J.D.Salinger. When did I lose control? When exactly, did my life Start careening mindlessly Among the debris of stars That have fallen to pieces Around me?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1620,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[4101,680,15,10],"class_list":["post-90455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompts","tag-2021poetrymarathon","tag-poetrymarathon","tag-poem","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90455","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\/1620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90455"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90664,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90455\/revisions\/90664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}