{"id":632,"date":"2017-10-17T00:37:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T00:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/?p=632"},"modified":"2021-02-24T22:14:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T22:14:02","slug":"the-ascetic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/2017\/10\/17\/the-ascetic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ascetic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Margaret Delashmit, Guest Contributor<\/h2>\n<h6>(Written after reading Herman Hesse&#8217;s <em>The Steppenwolf<\/em>)<\/h6>\n<p>I tasted life once<\/p>\n<p>Sipped its nectar from golden goblet<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">held by human hand<\/p>\n<p>Laughed when bubbles ticked my nose<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">swirling to the surface breaking with briskness<\/p>\n<p>Felt its warmth envelop and invigorate<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">signaling active command to every gland<\/p>\n<p>Watched its hazy hue radiate<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">forming an aura of quivering quickness<\/p>\n<p>Smelled its spicy aromatic breath<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">seeking every secret desire suppressed<\/p>\n<p>Heard its potpourri of promises undulating<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">swaying within reach&#8211;if I but reached\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Counted the cost\u2014I could not stay\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Retreated to the safety of vicariousness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margaret Delashmit, Guest Contributor (Written after reading Herman Hesse&#8217;s The Steppenwolf) I tasted life once Sipped its nectar from golden goblet held by human hand Laughed when bubbles ticked my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[345],"tags":[350],"class_list":["post-632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-writing","tag-original-poetry","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":646,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions\/646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}