{"id":762,"date":"2006-11-03T15:48:08","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T21:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1992\/1-22-92-capetown-sunset\/"},"modified":"2006-11-03T15:48:08","modified_gmt":"2006-11-03T21:48:08","slug":"1-22-92-capetown-sunset","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=762","title":{"rendered":"1-22-92 Capetown Sunset"},"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=762\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Capetown,South Africa<\/p>\n<p>And here we are,the end of the road<br \/>\nThe end of the earth<br \/>\nWhy beauty always seems unreal<br \/>\nWhy having come so far reminds me<br \/>\nOf so many other places<br \/>\nSo many other times<br \/>\nThey all come to mind,hungry<br \/>\nI smile as each one looks in my eyes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Cut out,paste up collage I would not have made<br \/>\nA blink of Diamond Head<br \/>\nA tease of Northern Cal<br \/>\nRio and even Jersey touch upon my growing view<br \/>\nAs if my mind pulled that theoretical continent<br \/>\nTogether only for my own sake<br \/>\nRoll over,memories of Woodside,cloud bank captivates<br \/>\nThe sunset I seek hides in the wrong direction<br \/>\nBehind the frontal fence that takes me<br \/>\nBack between the memories and fear<br \/>\nTake out your palette and Crayolas<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll never get this one right&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Satiated,I turn and walk among the unexpected<br \/>\nThe golden dogs and sweating feet<br \/>\nThe elders receiving their solar payoff<br \/>\nThe gay boy&#8217;s secrets and poolside glances<br \/>\nLovers,hopefuls,children skating<br \/>\nThe world lights up on a housekeeper&#8217;s uniform<br \/>\nImpossible peach electric<br \/>\nI peek over my shoulder like a naughty boy<br \/>\nTold not to look,the lure of nudity too strong<br \/>\nThe sky peeling off new colors<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m waiting for that one<br \/>\nBy not looking I see it&#8217;s effect<br \/>\nOn everything.<\/p>\n<p>Fuck Christmas day,I want to spoil the surprise<br \/>\nThis is a challenge,how will I know exactly<\/p>\n<p>When&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I like this game!<\/p>\n<p>Each step holds many words<br \/>\nCan I reach paper and pen fast enough?<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Now the fence looks like a line I drew in a hurry<br \/>\nBlack below,above,that wicked purple<br \/>\nCatholic violet perhaps<br \/>\nThis collaboration is over and another begins:<\/p>\n<p>Divine words live offshore on every continent<br \/>\nWaiting for eyes so they can speak<br \/>\nA human touch of imperfection<\/p>\n<p>No film is accurate&#8230;so what<br \/>\nNo phrase is true&#8230;so what<br \/>\nNo metaphor is universal&#8230;so what<\/p>\n<p>Man needs to interpret<br \/>\nBecause he has to<br \/>\nEven if no one is listening;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capetown,South Africa And here we are,the end of the road The end of the earth Why beauty always seems unreal Why having come so far reminds me Of so many other places So many other times They all come to mind,hungry I smile as each one looks in my eyes&#8230; Cut out,paste up collage I [&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-ci","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/762"}],"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=762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/762\/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=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}