{"id":518,"date":"2026-10-14T15:37:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/?p=518"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:37:44","slug":"smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smoke<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The oaken barrel\u2019s inside<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is smoked to charcoal. Raw whiskey fills it,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the char imparts that smoky flavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uncapping the bottle, I let the bourbon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and water mingle in the glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I sit in the over-stuffed chair,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">drink in hand.&nbsp; After a sip<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of the golden liquor,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I inhale deeply, let the smoke drift.<\/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; Brillig: a micro lit magazine<\/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; 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoke The oaken barrel\u2019s inside is smoked to charcoal. Raw whiskey fills it, the char imparts that smoky flavor. Uncapping the bottle, I let the bourbon and water mingle in the glass. I sit in the over-stuffed chair, drink in hand.&nbsp; After a sip of the golden liquor, I inhale deeply, let the smoke drift.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/smoke\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smoke<\/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-518","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\/518","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=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":519,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}