{"id":2214,"date":"2009-10-11T23:24:50","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T03:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2009-10-13T23:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-14T03:02:00","slug":"cocoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/2009\/10\/11\/cocoon\/","title":{"rendered":"cocoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inside the fine spun threads<br \/>\nis what will come:<br \/>\nbeautiful wings,<br \/>\ngleaming reds, yellows, blues,<br \/>\ncurves and strength,<br \/>\nthe freedom of flight<br \/>\ninstead of plodding,<br \/>\ngnawing eating.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Inside the embracing threads<br \/>\nis self-centred<br \/>\npersonal perfection.<\/p>\n<p>Retirement can become<br \/>\na silken paradise:<br \/>\nhere we live,<br \/>\ninsulated, delimited<br \/>\nby experience,<br \/>\njustified by age.<br \/>\nBut this cocoon<br \/>\nwill birth<br \/>\nno flying marvelous creature;<br \/>\nfrom this unraveled silk<br \/>\nis suspended only<br \/>\na body falling<br \/>\nto earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This piece stems from a weekend of family visiting. Explanation: contrasting potential of grandchildren with a cozy nest of grandparents. (#939) <a href=\"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/2009\/10\/11\/cocoon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,3],"tags":[720,87,478],"class_list":["post-2214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-poetry","tag-afterlife","tag-death","tag-retirement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}