{"id":789,"date":"2006-11-03T17:20:16","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T23:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1996\/11-17-96-gertrude\/"},"modified":"2006-11-03T17:20:16","modified_gmt":"2006-11-03T23:20:16","slug":"11-17-96-gertrude","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=789","title":{"rendered":"11-17-96 Gertrude"},"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=789\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Birmingham, AL<\/p>\n<p>Lying in my rolling crypt<br \/>\nAwaking in the dark, uncomfortable<br \/>\nOn the day when my oldest relative goes to rest<br \/>\nOnly I emerge<br \/>\nWith the thought of a woman<br \/>\nWho lived fully<br \/>\nOver changes that grew fast<br \/>\nKudzu consuming the landscape<br \/>\nTransforming cities of granite and Mason&#8217;s dreams<br \/>\nInto complex towers of glass and steel<br \/>\nThat seem boring as they shadow simple obelisks<br \/>\nThe purity of geometry defeats central air<br \/>\nAt my age she perhaps would have puzzled at<br \/>\nMy push button calls, checking my e-mail<br \/>\nThe TV. remote and the lack of service<br \/>\nOr at what we complain about every day<br \/>\nAs I talk and talk in my inaction<br \/>\nPlotting courses based on business theory<br \/>\nAnd my own perception of human relationships<br \/>\nThe baring of weaknesses and the fears of unrequited love<br \/>\nPerhaps the values have not changed so much<br \/>\nFor the language of the heart is eternal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham, AL Lying in my rolling crypt Awaking in the dark, uncomfortable On the day when my oldest relative goes to rest Only I emerge With the thought of a woman Who lived fully Over changes that grew fast Kudzu consuming the landscape Transforming cities of granite and Mason&#8217;s dreams Into complex towers of glass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":770,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeNcU-cJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/789"}],"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=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/789\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}