{"id":804,"date":"2006-11-03T17:55:41","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T23:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1997\/4-12-97\/"},"modified":"2006-11-03T18:30:59","modified_gmt":"2006-11-04T00:30:59","slug":"4-12-97","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=804","title":{"rendered":"4-12-97 big time"},"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=804\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Outside the ring of hummingbirds<br \/>\nWhere some fly and others question<br \/>\nShe waits for a lost masseuse<br \/>\nThe sun falls like sweat from a building<br \/>\nWarm water jumps from my scalp<br \/>\nImitating mist on a windshield from a cloudless sky<br \/>\nI still can&#8217;t find the place<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t have directions to<br \/>\nI must have given up, I&#8217;m still smiling<br \/>\nThe sad, sweet song can&#8217;t hide the fact<br \/>\nThat the sculptor used simple technique<br \/>\nWhile working on a grand scale<br \/>\nThe burnt bushes have no biblical message left<br \/>\nAnd belong under a blond wig in a cancer ward<br \/>\nStill&#8230;<br \/>\nMy shoelaces want me dead<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll do you no favors tonight<br \/>\nPut all my change in one pile<br \/>\nShallow pockets betray me<br \/>\nShe made a promise I hope she doesn&#8217;t keep<br \/>\nAnd yet I still will honor it<br \/>\nAll questions answered<br \/>\nThe hummingbirds leave<br \/>\nAnd the wind feels like confetti falling from a crescent moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outside the ring of hummingbirds Where some fly and others question She waits for a lost masseuse The sun falls like sweat from a building Warm water jumps from my scalp Imitating mist on a windshield from a cloudless sky I still can&#8217;t find the place I don&#8217;t have directions to I must have given [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":793,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeNcU-cY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/804"}],"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=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/804\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}