{"id":296,"date":"2021-05-07T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bayleewrites.com\/poetry\/?p=296"},"modified":"2021-05-07T21:31:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T21:31:49","slug":"a-stunning-interruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bayleewrites.com\/poetry\/a-stunning-interruption\/","title":{"rendered":"A Stunning Interruption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s far too dark for 3 p.m.<br>You\u2019re too far gone to notice when<br>I slip outside and close the door<br>and walk directly toward the storm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rain falls slowly, then in sheets<br>An icy pelt on my bare feet<br>The wind picks up with every step<br>The air grows thicker every breath<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A flash of lightning splits the sky<br>The thunder isn\u2019t far behind<br>I make a move to turn around<br>and notice something on the ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I squint to get a closer look<br>And see that it\u2019s a soggy book<br>I blink the rain out of my eyes<br>The title takes me by surprise:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou Can Do It,\u201d all in bold<br>I feel a flush despite the cold<br>I pick it up and wipe it off<br>and start to read it as I walk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rain subsides as I slip in<br>The droplets clinging to my skin<br>I quietly begin to pack<br>and know, this time, I won\u2019t go back<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bay Writes Poetry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayleewrites.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayleewrites.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayleewrites.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayleewrites.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayleewrites.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayleewrites.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayleewrites.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayleewrites.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayleewrites.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayleewrites.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayleewrites.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}