{"id":252,"date":"2018-11-16T19:27:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T19:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/?p=252"},"modified":"2018-11-16T19:27:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T19:27:20","slug":"laying-flooring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/laying-flooring\/","title":{"rendered":"Laying Flooring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Laying Flooring<\/strong><br \/>\nCan\u2019t even walk downstairs<br \/>\nand remember the length,<br \/>\nbest to mark the section,<br \/>\ntake the board with me.<\/p>\n<p>Measure twice, saw once<\/p>\n<p>Damn, can\u2019t see the screw\u2019s slot<br \/>\nto fit the flat blade,<br \/>\nbest to put my glasses on.<\/p>\n<p>Better to light one candle than stumble in the darkness<\/p>\n<p>Had to learn to cope molding;<br \/>\nmessed up one piece, sliced my finger,<\/p>\n<p>Practice makes perfect<\/p>\n<p>His voice echoes in the empty room.<\/p>\n<p>Agave Fall 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laying Flooring Can\u2019t even walk downstairs and remember the length, best to mark the section, take the board with me. Measure twice, saw once Damn, can\u2019t see the screw\u2019s slot to fit the flat blade, best to put my glasses on. Better to light one candle than stumble in the darkness Had to learn to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/laying-flooring\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Laying Flooring<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-published-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions\/253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}