{"id":269,"date":"2005-09-27T14:12:45","date_gmt":"2005-09-27T21:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=269"},"modified":"2005-09-28T05:55:42","modified_gmt":"2005-09-28T12:55:42","slug":"household-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2005\/09\/household-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"household poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>morning eyes open<br \/>\nsee clouds in layers<br \/>\ngray bluegray graygold<br \/>\nand sky white with morning<br \/>\ngreet fungus angel<br \/>\non the opposite roof<br \/>\nand notice more murk<br \/>\narise in my mood  <\/p>\n<p>raise swampy legs<br \/>\none after another<br \/>\nflog down the stairs<br \/>\nstep by step to the<br \/>\nkitchen where fog-eyed<br \/>\nI deal with<br \/>\nlast night&#8217;s dirty dishes<br \/>\nand compost to empty<\/p>\n<p>how am I going to get out of this poem? <\/p>\n<p>scan fridge for containers<br \/>\ngrown older than summer<br \/>\nyogurt, salsa, tahina<br \/>\nwith blue pearls of mold<br \/>\nchop apples with bad spots<br \/>\ncook slightly to soften<br \/>\nfour high-yolked eggs<br \/>\ncracked into a bowl <\/p>\n<p>wondering if I&#8217;m going to get out of this poem <\/p>\n<p>dogs wait to be walked<br \/>\neggy plates to distract them<br \/>\n&#8220;Get your leash! Get your leash!&#8221;<br \/>\na frenzy of barking<br \/>\nout then we go<br \/>\nlarge handful of dog turd<br \/>\ndropped from grocery plastic<br \/>\nflushed down the toilet<\/p>\n<p>possible to get out of this poem <\/p>\n<p>alimentary, my dear<br \/>\nexit strategy &#8211; squat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>morning eyes open see clouds in layers gray bluegray graygold and sky white with morning greet fungus angel on the opposite roof and notice more murk arise in my mood raise swampy legs one&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}