{"id":136,"date":"2021-10-11T23:48:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T23:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bartyslayfast.com\/?page_id=136"},"modified":"2021-10-12T00:01:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T00:01:12","slug":"when-people-ask-me-why-im-quiet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bartyslayfast.com\/index.php\/when-people-ask-me-why-im-quiet\/","title":{"rendered":"When people ask me why I&#8217;m quiet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">I never tell the truth.\nI never describe the bear.\n\nPeople assume, when you\u2019re quiet,\na fast-paced current races inside, filled\nwith idea-scaled trout bracing to jump\nover the waterfall,\nout of your mouth.\n\nMy shallow river dug itself\nan inescapable canyon.\nMany man-made constructions\nhinder its flow, draught\nreduces the strong tributary\nto a weak capillary.\n\nSurvivors can\u2019t withstand\nthe pink, ursine guardian\nwho dwells on the waterfall.\nHe forces down what he deems\ndistasteful;\nanything with a chance\nof damaging the landscaping.\n\nErosion builds;\none prod produces a mudslide.\nNatural disasters expunge\nartificial obstructions;\nfuture floods become \ncontainable.\n\nThe bear will take time\nto tranquilize and tame.\nA river finally undammed,\nallowed to flow, \nquietly.\n\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never tell the truth. I never describe the bear. People assume, when you\u2019re quiet, a fast-paced current races inside, filled with idea-scaled trout bracing to jump over the waterfall, out of your mouth. My shallow river dug itself an inescapable canyon. Many man-made constructions hinder its flow, draught reduces [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-136","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartyslayfast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartyslayfast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartyslayfast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartyslayfast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartyslayfast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bartyslayfast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/bartyslayfast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartyslayfast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartyslayfast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}