{"id":850,"date":"2006-11-06T11:31:07","date_gmt":"2006-11-06T17:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1999\/8-10-99\/"},"modified":"2006-11-06T11:31:07","modified_gmt":"2006-11-06T17:31:07","slug":"8-10-99","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=850","title":{"rendered":"8-10-99"},"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=850\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>8\/10\/99<\/p>\n<p>It was just another hot August morning<br \/>\nA Saturday in Texas<br \/>\nAnd it was like driving through the middle<br \/>\nOf a hair dryer on high<\/p>\n<p>An author on Public radio had a name<br \/>\nSo close to yours<br \/>\nMy mind unraveled in traffic, memories,<\/p>\n<p>Hot football fields, two boys<br \/>\nWho knew of loss before playing<br \/>\nTwo losing seasons<br \/>\nWho knew of heart before love<\/p>\n<p>We shared cocktails and growing pains<br \/>\nAnd traveled separate dark paths<br \/>\nA lifelong friendship crippled by no contact<br \/>\nWe saw each other on the other side<br \/>\nFor a moment, adult jobs and still a child<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8\/10\/99 It was just another hot August morning A Saturday in Texas And it was like driving through the middle Of a hair dryer on high An author on Public radio had a name So close to yours My mind unraveled in traffic, memories, Hot football fields, two boys Who knew of loss before playing [&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-dI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/850"}],"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=850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/850\/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=850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}