{"id":377,"date":"2006-05-29T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2006-05-29T21:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/3-13-92-corners-i-should-slow-for\/"},"modified":"2020-06-06T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T21:59:59","slug":"3-13-92-corners-i-should-slow-for","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=377","title":{"rendered":"3-13-92 Corners I Should Slow For"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"clear:left; float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top:10px;;width: 55px;\" name=\"fb_share\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=125029517579627&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=377\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>3\/13\/92<br \/>\nL.A.<\/p>\n<p>It has happened more than once;<br \/>\nThat places well known to me, seen in passing<br \/>\nAppear to be the same first sentence<br \/>\nIn a rapid, complex conversation that all cities are<br \/>\nThe angle of a curve says the same words here<br \/>\nAs it does outside Boston or Minneapolis;<br \/>\nA greeting of welcome, well worn and traveled<br \/>\nSaid out of habit, yet with an air of care.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of the direct statement of an artery<br \/>\nI find the circuitous question of a surface street<br \/>\nThe back way into town, the skyline postcards never see<br \/>\nNo traffic to interrupt thoughts, green haze rejects punctuation<br \/>\nThis late hour finds no resistance to wheels, advances<br \/>\nSpraycan Miros deny strangers street sign topics<br \/>\nDirecting this monologue is a cakewalk&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Entering the neighborhood, my dimly lit hallway<br \/>\nAs if I was expected back hours ago<br \/>\nComing home in the dark, answers not needed<br \/>\nFor a sleeping lover who sees you home,<br \/>\nsmiles,<br \/>\nand rolls over.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight as Los Feliz reminds me of the past,<br \/>\nDriving Storrow Drive too fast,always too fast<br \/>\nOf a conversation of two people that love never will abandon<br \/>\nOf fear and happiness,fear of happiness&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A relationship with a city of twelve million seems more likely<br \/>\nsometimes<br \/>\nWhen dormant streets border the sleeping horde<br \/>\nSuch ease when friction withdraws it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3\/13\/92 L.A. It has happened more than once; That places well known to me, seen in passing Appear to be the same first sentence In a rapid, complex conversation that all cities are The angle of a curve says the same words here As it does outside Boston or Minneapolis; A greeting of welcome, well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":394,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeNcU-65","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4425,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions\/4425"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}