{"id":2021,"date":"2019-05-27T07:24:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T14:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2019-05-27T07:24:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T14:24:53","slug":"invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=2021","title":{"rendered":"Invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sadko by Ilya Repkin, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

David C Kopaska-Merkel
<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
You\u00c2\u00a0thought\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0were\u00c2\u00a0drowning,
 That was why\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0panicked,
 Thrashed about, would not listen.
 After that,\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0wouldn't wash your hands,
 Wouldn't take a shower,
 Only used the microwave to cook,
 And paper plates to eat from.

 You\u00c2\u00a0said\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0found fish flopping
 On the floor of your bedroom;
 No one believed that,
 Except me.
 Because I love\u00c2\u00a0you,
 I brought the sea to\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0in dreams,
 But I wouldn't have let\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0drown.

 I wanted to fill\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0up, it's true,
 But then\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0could have stayed with me
 In my watery domain
 Of corals and anemones
 All waiting to greet\u00c2\u00a0you;
 Octopi and cuttlefish
 Would be your servants,
 Hammerheads your guards,
 In a glorious life that would never end.

 I know it's scary,
 But I would never let\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0drown.
 I will try again tonight.
 Do this for me:
 When\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0feel the water rising,
 Just breathe deeply;
 It'll be alright.
 \u00c2\u00a0<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
David C Kopaska-Merkel You\u00c2\u00a0thought\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0were\u00c2\u00a0drowning, That was why\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0panicked, Thrashed about, would not listen. After that,\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0wouldn’t wash your hands, Wouldn’t take a shower, Only used the microwave to cook, And paper plates to eat from. You\u00c2\u00a0said\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0found fish flopping On the floor of your bedroom; No one believed that, Except me. Because I love\u00c2\u00a0you, I brought the sea […]<\/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-2021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021","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=2021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2023,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions\/2023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}