{"id":319,"date":"2020-06-05T15:27:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T13:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voyle.net\/?page_id=319"},"modified":"2024-12-09T10:51:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T09:51:43","slug":"on-the-table-i-stood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/voyle.net\/?page_id=319","title":{"rendered":"ON THE TABLE I STOOD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Standing,
On life\u2019s table\u2014
Unsteady legs, unstable fable.
My stand, my life,
My death, unplanned,
A balancing act
In shifting sand.

Cup of coffee, steaming hot,
Sugar sweet? No, I\u2019ll not.
Sip the bitter, taste the truth,
Morning's grit, no sugar soothe.


Drink tea daily,
Sip the calm,
The ritual soothing,
The soul a balm.
But every cup, a ticking plea,
Leads to the rush\u2014
For \u201cthat pee.\u201d


A spoon\u2014so small, so slight,
Scooping fragments of daily plight.
I\u2019m fed,
I\u2019m up,
To all their tricks.
A world of cunning,
Cheap quick-fix.


But still,
I smile myself,
An inward jest\u2014
At the world\u2019s parade,
At my own behest.


The watching crowd,
Their eyes like glass,
Lunch served cold,
A limp-trick farce.
I think,
I stand,
And still I laugh\u2014
A fleeting whisper
Against the gaff.


\u00a9 2024<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Standing,On life\u2019s table\u2014Unsteady legs, unstable fable.My stand, my life,My death, unplanned,A balancing actIn shifting sand.Cup of coffee, steaming hot,Sugar sweet? No, I\u2019ll not.Sip the bitter, taste the truth,Morning’s grit, no sugar soothe.Drink tea daily,Sip the calm,The ritual soothing,The soul a balm.But every cup, a ticking plea,Leads to the rush\u2014For \u201cthat pee.\u201dA spoon\u2014so small, so slight,Scooping… Continue reading ON THE TABLE I STOOD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voyle.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voyle.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voyle.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voyle.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voyle.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/voyle.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":553,"href":"https:\/\/voyle.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319\/revisions\/553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voyle.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voyle.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voyle.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}