{"id":704,"date":"2010-05-15T18:31:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T23:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davious.org\/now\/?p=704"},"modified":"2024-12-18T17:50:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T22:50:57","slug":"hibiscus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/2010\/05\/hibiscus\/","title":{"rendered":"Hibiscus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">I spied you as I entered the grocer\n By the time I reached the checkout, I knew\n I had to have you\n Petals vibrant yellow\n Upon inspection revealing\n crimson deep within\n that\u2019s how I knew\n cursing my impetuosity\n why, how need\n why and how \n\nI brought you home\n not one peep\n not one flower spread\n no color deep\n depressed, languishing\n\nAfter the dreary days\n Just my luck to bump into wisdom\n that knew your ways\n  your needs\n knew you\u2019ve outgrown your pot\nAnd at the center they knew hibiscuses\n like it comfy and warm\nEvery season something new\n just an inch or two\n to continue unfurling roots\nand something to lean on\n when things need straightening\n\nThe next day, amid the trees\n I see you sporting that same flower\n  the one that brought me to you\nfully extended<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spied you as I entered the grocer By the time I reached the checkout, I knew I had to have you Petals vibrant yellow Upon inspection revealing crimson deep within that\u2019s how I knew cursing my impetuosity why, how need why and how I brought you home not one peep not one flower spread [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-red-with-flowers-book"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3621,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704\/revisions\/3621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}