{"id":4727,"date":"2022-06-15T20:17:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T20:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/?p=4727"},"modified":"2022-06-15T20:17:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T20:17:34","slug":"tales-from-the-town-pocket-editions-13-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/2022\/06\/15\/tales-from-the-town-pocket-editions-13-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales From The Town: Pocket Editions (#13-15)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some more Pocket Tales, to go with this year’s Pocket Tales (#10-#12<\/a>), and last year’s Pocket Tales (#1-#4<\/a> \/ #5-#9<\/a>). <\/p>\n

Pocket Tales #13<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dust<\/strong><\/p>\n

It filled the air we breathed and the lungs we breathed it with.<\/p>\n

Smoke<\/strong><\/p>\n

It filled the air we breathed and the lungs we breathed it with.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mist<\/strong><\/p>\n

It filled the air we breathed and the lungs we breathed it with.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Fog Of Existence<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was everywhere
\nin everything there ever was<\/p>\n

Pocket Tales #14<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Chasm <\/strong><\/p>\n

They stepped over it as if it wasn’t there.<\/p>\n

Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n

Only the bravest dared to cross.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Cliff<\/strong><\/p>\n

You could feel gravity here as if it was a real thing pulling you down in its grip.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A Dream Of The Moon Never Disappoints<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is enough there for everyone to see and do.<\/p>\n

Pocket Tales #15 (Poetry Edition)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A Poem For The Cat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why is she
\nso perfect
\nso perfectly unconcerned
\nwith me?<\/p>\n

A Poem For The Fish<\/strong><\/p>\n

Little fish
\nBig Fish
\nSwimming in a circle
\nin the corner of the room<\/p>\n

Big Fish
\nLittle Fish
\nBioluminescent
\nGlowing in the gloom<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A Poem For The Spider<\/strong><\/p>\n

All her spidery children
\n spread across the ceiling
\nDoes she even remember them
\n or know what they’re feeling
\nNow they’ve left her web
\n for somewhere more appealing<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A Poem For Mum<\/strong><\/p>\n

She doesn’t get angry
\nbecause she’s too sad
\nIf only we were good
\nInstead of so bad<\/p>\n

A Poem For Dad<\/strong><\/p>\n

He dreams of the sky
\nHe dreams of the sea
\nHe dreams of the mermaid
\nHe dreams he was free
\nI think he’s forgotten
\nWho he used to be.<\/p>\n

A Poem For The House<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can feel it
\ndreaming
\nIs it dreaming
\nthrough me<\/p>\n

I can feel it
\ngrowing
\nAlmost like a tree<\/p>\n

Ae we the birds
\nin its branches?
\nOr its fruits
\nand its seeds?<\/p>\n

A Poem For Me<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its okay
\nto not be seen<\/p>\n

Its okay
\nto not be seen<\/p>\n

__________<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/p>\n

1. Made between June 9th and June 12th, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n__________<\/br>

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Some more Pocket Tales, to go with this year’s Pocket Tales (#10-#12), and last year’s Pocket Tales (#1-#4 \/ #5-#9). Pocket Tales #13 Dust It filled the air we breathed and the lungs we breathed it with. Smoke It filled the air we breathed and the lungs we breathed it with. Mist It filled the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[1268,191],"class_list":["post-4727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tales-from-the-town","tag-pocket-tales","tag-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4742,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions\/4742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}