{"id":2327,"date":"2013-07-27T09:34:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T06:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=2327"},"modified":"2013-07-27T09:35:20","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T06:35:20","slug":"deaf-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=2327","title":{"rendered":"Deaf Escape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"the-lonely-ones-1935\" href=\"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/the-lonely-ones-1935.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2328\" alt=\"the-lonely-ones-1935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/the-lonely-ones-1935-250x250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/the-lonely-ones-1935-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/the-lonely-ones-1935-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"sc-blockquote\"><strong>Deaf Escape<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I lie on my right side I can only hear the refrigerator, <br \/> its gentle hum a dial tone of white noise. <br \/> Nestled in that amethyst-colored space <br \/> between awake and dark I bivouac. <br \/> Behind closed eyes I sort beach glass into mason jars <br \/> the tumbled stones providing order, <br \/> the colors providing peace. <br \/> You are offended by my closed eyes <br \/> and perceived unwillingness to be the audience for <br \/> your oratory so you pass by.<\/p>\n<p>When I lie on my left side I can hear the clock ticking. <br \/> I can hear your step and pause for breath. <br \/> I ponder the stories locked deep within and shyly <br \/> wait to be invited to the dance, <br \/> but you do not hear the music. <br \/> My great and glowing sadness is not visible enough <br \/> to reach you, and in order to hear you I have turned away. <br \/> You are offended by my back to the door <br \/> so once again you pass by.<\/p>\n<p>You tinker, and touch my things. <br \/> You cut the tops off flowers, sometimes <br \/> I think you will cut my hair. <br \/> I must be ever vigilant but eventually I sleep. <br \/> You are nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Tobi Cogswell<\/blockquote><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemporary-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2327"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2330,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327\/revisions\/2330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}