{"id":413,"date":"2020-12-23T15:14:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T15:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/?p=413"},"modified":"2020-12-23T15:14:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T15:14:20","slug":"danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/danger\/","title":{"rendered":"Danger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Danger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my hearts can barely hold the ethereal scent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of morning\u2019s mimosa.&nbsp; The young, red-bellied<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>woodpeckers learning to eat the suet fills my smile.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon they are pros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>George\u2019s (the dog) face when he destroys the potholder is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>beyond fun.&nbsp;&nbsp; Jake\u2019s bark when on the trail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>gives me a rush.&nbsp; It is this heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that expands to hold infinite peaceful scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But my other heart is an organ, pumping a few ounces<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of blood with each beat.&nbsp; It is dangerous to overload<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>this muscle beyond capacity.&nbsp; It won\u2019t rupture, just grow in size<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>until it pumps no more.&nbsp; Both hearts will leave together.<\/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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vita Brevis Poetry Magazine<\/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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danger One of my hearts can barely hold the ethereal scent of morning\u2019s mimosa.&nbsp; The young, red-bellied woodpeckers learning to eat the suet fills my smile.&nbsp; Soon they are pros. George\u2019s (the dog) face when he destroys the potholder is beyond fun.&nbsp;&nbsp; Jake\u2019s bark when on the trail gives me a rush.&nbsp; It is this&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/danger\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Danger<\/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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-published-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413","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=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions\/414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}