{"id":757,"date":"2006-11-03T15:34:41","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T21:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1991\/1-8-92-why\/"},"modified":"2006-11-03T15:36:32","modified_gmt":"2006-11-03T21:36:32","slug":"1-8-92-why","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=757","title":{"rendered":"1-8-92 Why"},"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=757\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Johannesburg,South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Black blankets in the sky<br \/>\nBlack blankets in the air<br \/>\nPulled up against our eyes and ears<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s fabric chills,ample warmth denied<\/p>\n<p>Gray words cast in the street<br \/>\nGray words cast through a window<br \/>\nAnd action whispers quietly down<br \/>\nThat pride is deadly,sin or not<\/p>\n<p>Nervous laughter is not funny<br \/>\nQuiet laughter misses the joke<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s medicinal strength so watered down<br \/>\nIt will not heal the ills at hand<\/p>\n<p>Gentle rain that follows us<br \/>\nGentle rain that won&#8217;t wash away<\/p>\n<p>The pain of change and circumstance<br \/>\nThe fear of another imperfect day<br \/>\nThe anger of unacceptance, or<\/p>\n<p>The joy of music dancing,shared<br \/>\nThe freedom of surrendered will and<br \/>\nThe power these things all give us&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;To be  human.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg,South Africa Black blankets in the sky Black blankets in the air Pulled up against our eyes and ears It&#8217;s fabric chills,ample warmth denied Gray words cast in the street Gray words cast through a window And action whispers quietly down That pride is deadly,sin or not Nervous laughter is not funny Quiet laughter misses [&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-cd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/757"}],"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=757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/757\/revisions"}],"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=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}