{"id":562,"date":"2026-10-14T16:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/?p=562"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:33:50","slug":"digging-out-the-demons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/digging-out-the-demons\/","title":{"rendered":"Digging Out the Demons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digging out the Demons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Begin with gathering tools for weeding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">garden bench, empty bucket, gloves to keep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">your hands clean, tool to get at the roots<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of stilt grass and Bermuda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kneel on the garden bench; start at one end,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">work towards the other. Next to the asters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">some of the weeds, like memories of yesterday,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">come out easily, toss them in the bucket. But others,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">like those last days of Kenya, require using<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the root tool to get underneath the clump<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of rhizome and pry out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knock the dirt off, add them to the bucket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Put the worm back in the soil. Mash the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">accumulating plants down to add more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After it is full, carry to the growing compost pile.<\/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; The Literary Nest<\/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; 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digging out the Demons Begin with gathering tools for weeding: garden bench, empty bucket, gloves to keep your hands clean, tool to get at the roots of stilt grass and Bermuda. Kneel on the garden bench; start at one end, work towards the other. Next to the asters some of the weeds, like memories of&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/digging-out-the-demons\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Digging Out the Demons<\/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-562","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\/562","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=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":563,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}