{"id":844,"date":"2006-11-06T11:14:30","date_gmt":"2006-11-06T17:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1999\/3-22-99-tom\/"},"modified":"2006-11-06T11:14:30","modified_gmt":"2006-11-06T17:14:30","slug":"3-22-99-tom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=844","title":{"rendered":"3-22-99 Tom"},"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=844\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>It started like a thousand black neck rolls<br \/>\nPiled to the horizon<br \/>\nThe late afternoon Texas sky full of clouds<br \/>\nLeading to my destination<br \/>\nTo the West the sunset challenged them<br \/>\nFighting pink and red, coating the bedding<br \/>\nTo the right, memories of Capetown and<br \/>\nWords flying out of my head in search of paper<\/p>\n<p>The sign said Prairie Dell and my eyes<br \/>\nCould feel the smoke of an open fire<br \/>\nThe smell of beans burning in an old iron pot<br \/>\nA sad cowboy song heard as the sun set&#8230;<br \/>\nThe wheels rolled toward Austin, the car<br \/>\nOld and looking like it had baked in the California sun too long,<br \/>\nMiles of concrete and asphalt, the Mustang mugged by the elements<br \/>\nAnd walking flatfoot with a limp,<br \/>\nPacked with wing nuts, guitar picks and gaffer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It started like a thousand black neck rolls Piled to the horizon The late afternoon Texas sky full of clouds Leading to my destination To the West the sunset challenged them Fighting pink and red, coating the bedding To the right, memories of Capetown and Words flying out of my head in search of paper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":834,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeNcU-dC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/844"}],"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=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/844\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}