{"id":5061,"date":"2023-01-21T07:27:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T07:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/?p=5061"},"modified":"2023-01-05T18:18:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T18:18:56","slug":"tales-from-the-town-93-poems-from-minor-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/2023\/01\/21\/tales-from-the-town-93-poems-from-minor-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales From The Town #93: Poems From Minor Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#1: The Spider<\/strong><\/p>\n

scuttling across ceilings
\nspitting at me
\nall my splendid children
\ndemand to be free<\/p>\n

#2: The Cat<\/strong><\/p>\n

only in sleep
\nare we truly ourselves
\nand no one is themself
\nmore often than me<\/p>\n

#3: A Crow<\/strong><\/p>\n

you cannot
\nyou will not
\never
\nscare
\nme<\/p>\n

#4: David<\/strong><\/p>\n

My beard is like a tangled bush
\nfilled with cobwebs
\nand bees
\nrotting fruit
\nand sparrow\u2019s nests
\ncrisp packets, carrier bags
\nand old coke cans
\nturned pink over time
\nby rain
\nand sun<\/p>\n

#5: The Ghost In The Well<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am no longer alive
\nand you are not yet dead
\nbut give it time
\nand we\u2019ll be together again<\/p>\n

__________<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/p>\n

1. The Spider was written on May 20th, 2022<\/em>
\n2. The Cat was written on June 4th, 2022<\/em>
\n3. A Crow was written on January 3rd, 2023<\/em>
\n4. David was written on May 10th, 2022<\/em>
\n5. The Ghost In The Well was written on November 11th, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n__________<\/br>

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#1: The Spider scuttling across ceilings spitting at me all my splendid children demand to be free #2: The Cat only in sleep are we truly ourselves and no one is themself more often than me #3: A Crow you cannot you will not ever scare me #4: David My beard is like a tangled […]<\/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":[191,765,1209],"class_list":["post-5061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tales-from-the-town","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-tales-from-the-town"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5061","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=5061"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5090,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5061\/revisions\/5090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}