{"id":2391,"date":"2009-11-01T22:19:27","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T02:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2009-11-03T00:37:47","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T04:37:47","slug":"baring-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/2009\/11\/01\/baring-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"baring gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inside the coveralls, respectable Republican cloth coat, jeans and tee\u2014<br \/>\nwhatever\u2014 inside the skin, the expression, the intent\u2014<br \/>\nworms burrow in the brain, behind the eyes\u2014<br \/>\nstriking sparks that could ignite the everlasting admission:<br \/>\n<em>I want to<\/em>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>What will happen when all barriers fall?<br \/>\nWhen <em>I know you<\/em> fails to deter?<br \/>\nWhen a smile precedes a kick<!--more--> instead of a handshake?<br \/>\nWhen a bullet solves every problem?<\/p>\n<p>Will the young lover ask for the kiss?<br \/>\nWill the total stranger engage with a fist?<\/p>\n<p>What is the difference between<br \/>\nwhat you are supposed to be<br \/>\nand what you are?<\/p>\n<p>What is the difference between<br \/>\nwhat you think alone at night<br \/>\nand what you do when it counts?<\/p>\n<p>How hungry are the worms,<br \/>\nand what is their progress?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How often do you find yourself doing what you are supposed to rather than what you want to? Have you thought about why? (#960) <a href=\"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/2009\/11\/01\/baring-gifts\/\">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":[52,3,416],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lotus-eaters","category-poetry","category-thoughts-below-ground"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391","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=2391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}