{"id":96854,"date":"2021-06-26T20:04:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T00:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=96854"},"modified":"2021-06-26T20:04:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T00:04:54","slug":"aquifer-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/aquifer-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquifer Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aquifer Song<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

pressure over time, I form<\/span><\/p>\n

porous, deep within earth\u2019s womb<\/span><\/p>\n

my gravel vessels cradle<\/span><\/p>\n

a million year snowmelt <\/span><\/p>\n

I swallow raindrops<\/span><\/p>\n

descending beads seep soil<\/span><\/p>\n

form my pools in earth\u2019s underbelly<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I quench longing of the ages<\/span><\/p>\n

my infinite elixir<\/span><\/p>\n

cleanse you, slake your thirsty lands<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

but verdant promises shrivel<\/span><\/p>\n

my tears do not replete your baked soil<\/span><\/p>\n

you long for water<\/span><\/p>\n

without grace of conversion<\/span><\/p>\n

innovate now, build canals<\/span><\/p>\n

deliver drink \u2013\u2013 for crops, mouths<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

an atmospheric river \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 empties.<\/span><\/p>\n

rivulets grow gullies, cutting muddy ravines\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

water sanctifies, disguises drought \u2013\u2013 for now<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

over time, heat prevails<\/span><\/p>\n

arid, your plants & trees wither<\/span><\/p>\n

you pray for snowpack<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a fluid phoenix<\/span><\/p>\n

it refuses you<\/span><\/p>\n

drill then, puncture my veins<\/span><\/p>\n

suction lifeblood \u2013\u2013 whose?<\/span><\/p>\n

unstable terrain, earth crumbles, I collapse<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

empty, we ache for replenishment<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

June 26, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aquifer Song   pressure over time, I form porous, deep within earth\u2019s womb my gravel vessels cradle a million year snowmelt I swallow raindrops descending beads seep soil form my pools in earth\u2019s underbelly   I quench longing of the ages my infinite elixir cleanse…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3467,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96854","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\/3467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96870,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96854\/revisions\/96870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}