{"id":27,"date":"1983-11-11T11:20:40","date_gmt":"1983-11-11T19:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amigotico.com\/steve\/poetryblog\/?p=27"},"modified":"2011-05-22T00:18:32","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T07:18:32","slug":"the-moth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/1983\/11\/11\/the-moth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Moth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jittering black forms;<br \/>\nNo turning away!<br \/>\nForms unceasing;<br \/>\nGreater projection<br \/>\nWith minute affliction.<br \/>\nSee its jittering,<br \/>\nMesmeric frittering.<br \/>\nThe gross dims:<br \/>\nMind&#8217;s eye still gazing,<br \/>\nStill tracing<br \/>\nForms and shapes<br \/>\nTo be remembered<br \/>\nFor the next case.<\/p>\n<p>Carried over by eyes now glass;<br \/>\nVisions of forms to materialize.<br \/>\nThe moth not thinking in his time,<br \/>\nThe moth not knowing.<\/p>\n<p>Regressing senselessly;<br \/>\nUnthinking levels;<br \/>\nUnwittingly, unknowingly<br \/>\nAppeasing desires<br \/>\nBorn of earthly<br \/>\nAnimations.<\/p>\n<p>Carried over by ignorance;<br \/>\nVisions pertaining to dust.<br \/>\nThe moth not thinking in his time<br \/>\nThe moth not knowing.<\/p>\n<p>Tombs for points of<br \/>\nConsciousness unconscious;<br \/>\nUnsatisfied perfection;<br \/>\nInsatiable contradictions<br \/>\nOf aims and goals.<br \/>\nMan unable to realize!<br \/>\nMoth incapable to see,<br \/>\nOr choose, decide<br \/>\nAppease, or worship.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be a moth.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re a moth.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a pity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jittering black forms;<br \/> No turning away!<br \/> Forms unceasing;<br \/> Greater projection<br \/> With minute affliction.<br \/> See its jittering,<br \/> Mesmeric frittering.<br \/> The gross dims:<br \/> Mind&#8217;s eye still gazing,<br \/> Still tracing<br \/> Forms and shapes<br \/> To be remembered<br \/> For the next case.<\/p>\n<p>Carried over by eyes now glass;<br \/> Visions of forms to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-songs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":769,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}