{"id":624,"date":"2022-09-22T16:18:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T20:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pensivejournal.com\/?p=624"},"modified":"2022-09-22T16:18:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T20:18:06","slug":"synchronized-fire-setting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pensivejournal.com\/poetry\/synchronized-fire-setting\/","title":{"rendered":"Synchronized Fire-Setting"},"content":{"rendered":"
We set a fire on a
\nwindswept beach
\nclose to the time a
\nsun would set by
\ncrumpling up the
\nday\u2019s newspaper
\nand striking a
\nmatch.
\nEach flame itself
\nrebelled,
\nbecoming
\nindifferent to the
\ntask and we
\nsipped from the
\nflask we brought
\nto a continent\u2019s
\nedge and jeered
\nat stars arriving
\nlate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We set a fire on a windswept beach close to the time a sun would set by crumpling up the day\u2019s newspaper and striking a match. Each flame itself rebelled, becoming indifferent to the task and we sipped from the flask we brought to a continent\u2019s edge and jeered at stars arriving late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"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":[9],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n