{"id":2210,"date":"2013-05-24T15:07:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T19:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stlydias.org\/blog\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2013-05-24T15:07:22","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T19:07:22","slug":"as-i-fly-over-this-time-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/as-i-fly-over-this-time-2\/","title":{"rendered":"as i fly over this time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>by Thulani Davis<\/p>\n<p>as i fly over this time<\/p><\/div>\n<div>rising over only this<\/div>\n<div>so much painted suffering<\/div>\n<div>unseen grimaces and stares<\/div>\n<div>among spruce greens<\/div>\n<div>these few forests left<\/div>\n<div>all of us trying to be alone<\/div>\n<div>quiet and blind.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/div>\n<div>i see soldiers in bus stations<\/div>\n<div>with colored names<\/div>\n<div>polaroid shots<\/div>\n<div>their girlfriends chew gum<\/div>\n<div>smile wide<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/div>\n<div>in all this silver of sky<\/div>\n<div>like stars these wheels<\/div>\n<div>car gears lampshades<\/div>\n<div>electrical refuse<\/div>\n<div>zen oiled and greased<\/div>\n<div>the believers now so many<\/div>\n<div>now so tired of the sad songs<\/div>\n<div>the endless yearnings for war<\/div>\n<div>and more and more<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/div>\n<div>dumb cries i sigh<\/div>\n<div>trying to get out of town<\/div>\n<div>i am writing on the wall<\/div>\n<div>it will be painted over<\/div>\n<div>like all the songs<\/div>\n<div>once outside<\/div>\n<div>but as i fly over this time<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/div>\n<div>dianne is dancing<\/div>\n<div>touching the far reaches<\/div>\n<div>leaping and teaching<\/div>\n<div>she strokes and struts the air<\/div>\n<div>none of us stumbles<\/div>\n<div>or fears their lives<\/div>\n<div>steel beams and rail tracks<\/div>\n<div>strike an E-flat, B-flat, A<\/div>\n<div>E-flat, B-flat, A<\/div>\n<div>dianne is dancing<\/div>\n<div>no one can handle the hostages<\/div>\n<div>terror is abandoned<\/div>\n<div>because of light<\/div>\n<div>breaking in leaves<\/div>\n<div>because the center is gone<\/div>\n<div>we are still breathing<\/div>\n<div>and the swing is our bodies<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<em>Read at St. Lydia&#8217;s on May 5, 2013<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Thulani Davis as i fly over this time rising over only this so much painted suffering unseen grimaces and stares among spruce greens these few forests left all of us trying to be alone quiet and blind. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 * i see soldiers in bus stations with colored names polaroid shots their girlfriends chew gum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2211,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions\/2211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}