{"id":2479,"date":"2021-05-17T07:57:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T11:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2479"},"modified":"2021-05-17T07:57:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T11:57:50","slug":"recognitions-scar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2479","title":{"rendered":"Recognition’s Scar"},"content":{"rendered":"
Depleted idols,<\/div>\n
shorn subtitles,<\/div>\n
fading vitals<\/div>\n
rudely reappear.<\/div>\n
Undermined by their kind,<\/div>\n
loveless, blind,<\/div>\n
unwound of mind,<\/div>\n
their outlines are not clear.<\/div>\n
Relinquishing the pace,<\/div>\n
the human race<\/div>\n
may lack the tact<\/div>\n
of moral grace.<\/div>\n
And, slowly, they dissolve.<\/div>\n
There’s no one to absolve.<\/div>\n
The gods won’t ever find<\/div>\n
this hiding place.<\/div>\n
A slowly moving river,<\/div>\n
cold as shiver,<\/div>\n
moves their sand out to the sea.<\/div>\n
They’ve lost all implication<\/div>\n
from a torn and battered nation<\/div>\n
which at one time called them royalty.<\/div>\n
How the mighty quickly fall<\/div>\n
should well remind us all<\/div>\n
that time is really nothing but a ruse.<\/div>\n
When night obscures their lines<\/div>\n
and their memory designs,<\/div>\n
all that’s left behind<\/div>\n
is history’s bruise.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Depleted idols, shorn subtitles, fading vitals rudely reappear. Undermined by their kind, loveless, blind, unwound of mind, their outlines are not clear. Relinquishing the pace, the human race may lack the tact of moral grace. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":973,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=973","url_meta":{"origin":2479,"position":0},"title":"Bright Red Raptor","author":"Rick Young","date":"November 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"In my dream, a bright red raptor slept quietly, dreaming of man. 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