{"id":727,"date":"2006-11-03T10:47:33","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T16:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1991\/12-28-90-waiting-for-the-storm\/"},"modified":"2020-06-05T19:28:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T00:28:12","slug":"12-28-90-waiting-for-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=727","title":{"rendered":"12-28-90 Waiting For The Storm"},"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=727\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Seattle,WA<\/p>\n<p>Today you&#8217;d never think it was coming<br \/>\nGolden crossarms on the floor<br \/>\nIgnore the chill in the air,<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s winter after all.<\/p>\n<p>The others buckle and batten<br \/>\nHatches,coats and pantries<br \/>\nThe white linen of yesterday has given way<br \/>\nTo matted soaking grass and saturated concrete<br \/>\nAll I see is canine eyes ablaze<br \/>\nWith glowing trust,so glad<br \/>\nToday is not like every other.<\/p>\n<p>The others refuse<br \/>\nTo be caught with their snowpants down<br \/>\nAs I read four different books<br \/>\nMy thoughts start to scatter<br \/>\nThe impending squall ahead<br \/>\nTalk of snow,hail,quantity,preparation<br \/>\nHow can I prepare for horizons dead ahead?<\/p>\n<p>The light shifts,snowcloud thinks it&#8217;s a tornado<br \/>\nFilthy sock shoved in my hand again and again<br \/>\nPuppy breath patterns begin to subside<br \/>\nThe calm before the storm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Flash flood of emotion reported<br \/>\nBefore a single flake of fluff finds out<br \/>\nThat the ground is ready,children are waiting<br \/>\nThe chains are on this time.<\/p>\n<p>Oh,to let go of the fair weather of the past<br \/>\nEven if the forecast is brighter than it ever was<br \/>\nTo lose everything just to have<br \/>\nThe sunny day well remembered<br \/>\nTo be a memory ever still.<\/p>\n<p>To see fine art you must know true pain<br \/>\nContrast heightens appreciation<br \/>\nAppreciation only relative<br \/>\nThe storm hits&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Not like the last one<br \/>\nNever like the last one<br \/>\nMy heart taut against my chest<br \/>\nSpirit moving me along<br \/>\nCan I try not to rule<br \/>\nThe very weather of our time?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle,WA Today you&#8217;d never think it was coming Golden crossarms on the floor Ignore the chill in the air, It&#8217;s winter after all. The others buckle and batten Hatches,coats and pantries The white linen of yesterday has given way To matted soaking grass and saturated concrete All I see is canine eyes ablaze With glowing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":740,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeNcU-bJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727"}],"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=727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4417,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727\/revisions\/4417"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}