{"id":291,"date":"2022-09-20T11:31:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T15:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pensivejournal.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2022-09-20T11:31:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T15:31:17","slug":"cosmic-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pensivejournal.com\/poetry\/cosmic-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmic Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"
my aging hand
\nbulging veins
\narthritis-altered
\nfinger joints<\/p>\n
grips the chubby
\nergonomic pen
\nfirmly as it once held
\nthe narrow yellow pencil<\/p>\n
eraser end
\npointing past
\nmy right shoulder
\nat angels
\nI never thanked<\/p>\n
as I pushed
\nand pulled the lead
\ntoward another sharpening<\/p>\n
same small muscles
\nmy brain and body
\nstill control<\/p>\n
well-used engine
\nfiring pistons combusting
\nlike a miniature
\nof stars\u2019 elegant death<\/p>\n
white dwarf
\nto black dwarf
\nto timeless ray
\nin peaceful dark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
my aging hand bulging veins arthritis-altered finger joints grips the chubby ergonomic pen firmly as it once held the narrow yellow pencil eraser end pointing past my right shoulder at angels I never thanked as I pushed and pulled the lead toward another sharpening same small muscles my brain and body still control well-used engine…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"issue":[7],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n