{"id":582,"date":"2016-02-07T23:27:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T22:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innerpieces.net\/blog\/?page_id=582"},"modified":"2022-05-22T22:55:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T21:55:34","slug":"coming-of-age","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/coming-of-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Of Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(A commentary in verse on a silver haired mother-in-law)<\/p>\n<p>He left me sudden, intestate<br \/>\na cruel stroke<br \/>\nof macabre fate<\/p>\n<p>He went across the other side<br \/>\nand made me oh : such a bitter bride<\/p>\n<p>50 years within marriage law<br \/>\nslice after slice of life in the raw<br \/>\nsometimes riches sometimes squalor<br \/>\nfrom cutprice coffee to the best of the Bolla<\/p>\n<p>At the solitaire board<br \/>\nis the widows place<br \/>\nWith 36 pegs but not in place<br \/>\nLonging for games with participation<br \/>\nBut left staring, eyes down<br \/>\nin lonely frustration<\/p>\n<p>The laughs of the people<br \/>\nthat used to elate<br \/>\nnow seen through tired eyes<br \/>\nnear irritate<\/p>\n<p>The distance of sound<br \/>\nfrom failing hearing<br \/>\nmakes the whispers suspicious<br \/>\nand furtive and learing<\/p>\n<p>What is their motive<br \/>\nfor offering this rose<br \/>\nis its fragrance a ruse<br \/>\nto poison my nose<\/p>\n<p>Who can I meet<br \/>\nWhere can I stay<br \/>\nWho are my friends<br \/>\nfor another long day<br \/>\nI am fearful to go<br \/>\nbecause I may hover<br \/>\non the verge of the abyss<br \/>\nbeyond which is my lover<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never believed<br \/>\nbut if I am wrong<br \/>\ngive me the grace<br \/>\nto make me strong<\/p>\n<p>When my time comes<br \/>\nto go back in his arms<br \/>\nlet me float gently<br \/>\nrestore my young charms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(A commentary in verse on a silver haired mother-in-law) He left me sudden, intestate a cruel stroke of macabre fate He went across the other side and made me oh : such a bitter bride 50 years within marriage law slice after slice of life in the raw sometimes riches sometimes squalor from cutprice coffee&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-582","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1831,"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/582\/revisions\/1831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}