{"id":92672,"date":"2021-06-26T15:02:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T19:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=92672"},"modified":"2021-06-26T15:02:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T19:02:12","slug":"hour-6-childish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/hour-6-childish\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 6: Childish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Be it my moon in Taurus\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

or another celestial configuration<\/span><\/p>\n

I treasure simple, soft things<\/span><\/p>\n

The old stuffed animal<\/span><\/p>\n

a warm pair of alpaca socks<\/span><\/p>\n

the blanket I absconded with\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

before it could be presented\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

as a gift to an unborn infant.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

There is little growth to be found<\/span><\/p>\n

in comfortable things,<\/span><\/p>\n

I understand<\/span><\/p>\n

yet, I have loved them most of all.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I am a child<\/span><\/p>\n

who has repeatedly decided<\/span><\/p>\n

to find my way back into wombs<\/span><\/p>\n

of my own creation<\/span><\/p>\n

and through these blanket fort portals<\/span><\/p>\n

I have found the safety to search\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

for true reflections of myself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I refuse to put away childish things<\/span><\/p>\n

I will bring them\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and their magic with me–<\/span><\/p>\n

it begins with a choice<\/span><\/p>\n

to take off the shoes you gave me\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

swing open the front door<\/span><\/p>\n

rename myself as stardust<\/span><\/p>\n

in pursuit of the lost romance\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

of being undeniably alive.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Be it my moon in Taurus\u00a0 or another celestial configuration I treasure simple, soft things The old stuffed animal a warm pair of alpaca socks the blanket I absconded with\u00a0 before it could be presented\u00a0 as a gift to an unborn infant.   There is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92672","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\/1292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92683,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92672\/revisions\/92683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}