{"id":10878,"date":"2022-08-28T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=10878"},"modified":"2022-08-28T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T01:00:09","slug":"persephones-flirtation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=10878","title":{"rendered":"Persephone&#8217;s Flirtation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DALL\u00c2\u00b7E-2022-08-28-20.34.43-beautiful-greek-goddess-proserpine-holding-pomegranate-with-modern-dude-in-jeans-in-drab-everyday-apartment-in-dramatic-oil-painting-by-_dante-gabrie.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DALL\u00c2\u00b7E-2022-08-28-20.34.43-beautiful-greek-goddess-proserpine-holding-pomegranate-with-modern-dude-in-jeans-in-drab-everyday-apartment-in-dramatic-oil-painting-by-_dante-gabrie-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10879\"\/><\/a><figcaption>image generated by Dall-E artificial intelligence image generator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Claire Smith<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><font face=\"Arial\">\nSummertime - Persephone strides\nthrough parklands\nblazing sun ripens flesh.\n \nShe picks a pomegranate\nrips it in half with fingernails,\nsucks out sour seeds\nlicks acid aftertaste \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\njuice dribbles round her lips.\n \nShe meets him fishing the lake:\ntorn combats, faded\nrugby shirt, baseball cap.\n \nHe knows how to talk sweet  \nthrough a transparent film\nof roll-up cigarette smoke\nto the young Goddess. \n \n~\n \nAutumn \u00e2\u20ac\u201c he romances Persephone:\nbags of fruit bonbons, pear cider,\nA posy of sycamore helicopters\nhe rests on her head,\ncrowns his queen.  \n \nHe makes her laugh\nwith his game of ducks \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 drakes.\nNo stones thrown \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\nhe uses conkers to skim across the water.\n \nHer heart reeled \nalong with carp, roach, perch.\nHer mouth hooked   \nas he kisses her \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\nthis odd mortal.\n \n~\n \nChristmas \u00e2\u20ac\u201c he invites Persephone\ndown to his basement.\nFurnished from strangers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 skips:\nwater-stained couch,\nmattress torn, cooker red with rust.\n \nShe stares at the ceiling,\nPersephone and him coupled \u00e2\u20ac\u201c ends.\nHe rocks her body:\nclammy, breathless, worn out. \nPuzzled; she wonders is this all mortals do?\n \nPluto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s waiting in the Underworld\nfor his Persephone to reappear.\n \nHer lesson is learned \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\nThe earth a place too cold, tiresome, flawed.\nReturn to Pluto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Underworld she would... \n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claire Smith Summertime &#8211; Persephone strides through parklands blazing sun ripens flesh. She picks a pomegranate rips it in half with fingernails, sucks out sour seeds licks acid aftertaste \u00e2\u20ac\u201c juice dribbles round her lips. She meets him fishing the lake: torn combats, faded rugby shirt, baseball cap. He knows how to talk sweet through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10880,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10878\/revisions\/10880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}