{"id":355,"date":"2020-03-24T19:03:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/?p=355"},"modified":"2020-03-24T19:03:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:03:45","slug":"coloring-outside-the-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/coloring-outside-the-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Coloring Outside the Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Coloring\nOutside the Lines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sky darkens\nto the ace of spades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I drink coffee\nas thick as tar <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>while the tires\nwhine on the road,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>headlights\ncarve a light <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>into the cave\nof a country night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow is the\nfuneral, her bruises will be covered <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by the\nmortician\u2019s powder.&nbsp; I can\u2019t find the\nflower <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of her favorite\ncolor, it doesn\u2019t exist.&nbsp; Dark purple\nroses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>will have to\ngrace her coffin.&nbsp; The thunderheads will\nblossom <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and spill rain\non the raven sitting on the steeple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Third\nWednesday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Spring\n2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coloring Outside the Lines The sky darkens to the ace of spades. I drink coffee as thick as tar while the tires whine on the road, headlights carve a light into the cave of a country night. Tomorrow is the funeral, her bruises will be covered by the mortician\u2019s powder.&nbsp; I can\u2019t find the flower&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/coloring-outside-the-lines\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coloring Outside the Lines<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355","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\/355","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}