{"id":99583,"date":"2021-06-27T01:06:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T05:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=99583"},"modified":"2021-07-01T00:54:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T04:54:40","slug":"touch-hour-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/touch-hour-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Touch &#8211; hour 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">I touch feline fur,<\/p>\n<p>and feel the deep purr<\/p>\n<p>it makes my heart whir<\/p>\n<p>then beats in rhythm with her.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Holding soft anole<\/p>\n<p>my heat warming its cold<\/p>\n<p>how is it though<\/p>\n<p>they feel no temp at all?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Still, they always crawl<\/p>\n<p>and find the warmest hole<\/p>\n<p>created by the fingers<\/p>\n<p>and curls up in a ball.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A puppy\u2019s wet nose<\/p>\n<p>tickles my bare toes<\/p>\n<p>and its accidental scratch<\/p>\n<p>brings pain and love both.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A baby\u2019s peach fuzz<\/p>\n<p>creates such a buzz<\/p>\n<p>the soft down of hair<\/p>\n<p>like a live teddy bear<\/p>\n<p>and sweetest warm hugs<\/p>\n<p>the epitome of love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The touch of his lips<\/p>\n<p>and a graze at the hips<\/p>\n<p>makes my skin not just happy<\/p>\n<p>but tingling and laughing<\/p>\n<p>with love and rejoicing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sandra Johnson, 6\/27\/21<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I touch feline fur, and feel the deep purr it makes my heart whir then beats in rhythm with her. &nbsp; Holding soft anole my heat warming its cold how is it though they feel no temp at all? &nbsp; Still, they always crawl and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[4654,1510,1271],"class_list":["post-99583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses","tag-feel","tag-senses","tag-touch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99583","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\/1299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99583"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103917,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99583\/revisions\/103917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}