{"id":492,"date":"2026-10-14T15:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/?p=492"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:12:18","slug":"straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/straight\/","title":{"rendered":"Straight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Straight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My spine aches to be rid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of its S curves. When it was a good<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">spine, it stood erect and proud like an oak tree<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">but now it is a bent paper clip and rotated like a top<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">caught trying to keep its balance. What it would give<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to be freed of all attachments to be un-twisted and re-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">curved to its original length. But even now, in its current<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">state it acts as a conduit for the delicate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">spinal cord that runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">my body. I have<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to keep it, it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is the only<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">one I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hav<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Knee Brace Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Straight My spine aches to be rid of its S curves. When it was a good spine, it stood erect and proud like an oak tree but now it is a bent paper clip and rotated like a top caught trying to keep its balance. What it would give to be freed of all attachments&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/straight\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Straight<\/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-492","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\/492","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=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}