{"id":791,"date":"2006-11-03T17:22:24","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T23:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1996\/12-14-96-aching-deck-scribble\/"},"modified":"2006-11-03T17:22:24","modified_gmt":"2006-11-03T23:22:24","slug":"12-14-96-aching-deck-scribble","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=791","title":{"rendered":"12-14-96 aching deck scribble"},"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=791\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>12\/14\/96<\/p>\n<p>aching deck scribble<\/p>\n<p>Just another person scratching on a pad<br \/>\nBut the pain makes the vision clearer<br \/>\nAnd dulls the power of adjectives<\/p>\n<p>I feel the comfort of home slipping away<br \/>\nA string in the paws of a playing cat<br \/>\nLeaving only when other&#8217;s needs pull me out<br \/>\nLate, but within the realm of possibility<\/p>\n<p>December and another motivational problem<br \/>\nNot a surprise, but a conveniently forgotten thought<br \/>\nOf previous years, a paralysis delivered<br \/>\nLike a season, an early Christmas card<\/p>\n<p>Impatient the pain folds me in half<br \/>\nA favor for a seldom seen friend backfires<br \/>\nAnd brings me to the game at half steam<br \/>\nWhat of the holidays? Dragged limbs existed<br \/>\nBefore the twinge, a prayer for care challenges<br \/>\nSelfishness, sloth, fear&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The sun too low for the umbrella to shade<br \/>\nSoon darkness, another day lost<br \/>\nPerhaps spent in a spirit of non-saturation<br \/>\nThe page nearly full, the exercise completed<br \/>\nCreative without creation, just senses passively<br \/>\nReporting this day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12\/14\/96 aching deck scribble Just another person scratching on a pad But the pain makes the vision clearer And dulls the power of adjectives I feel the comfort of home slipping away A string in the paws of a playing cat Leaving only when other&#8217;s needs pull me out Late, but within the realm of [&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-cL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/791"}],"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=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/791\/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=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}