{"id":178,"date":"2006-11-27T12:01:32","date_gmt":"2006-11-27T20:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poisonspur.com\/?p=178"},"modified":"2015-03-30T17:51:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T00:51:36","slug":"a-poem-inspired-by-the-art-of-thomas-kinkade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/poisonspur.com\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"A Poem Inspired by the Art of Thomas Kinkade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Frottage in the Cottage<\/b><\/p>\n<p>No mere glass could dare suffice<br \/>\nFor toasts of Season&#8217;s Cheer<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis jug and box of Gallo wine<br \/>\nBefore I draw you near<\/p>\n<p>My red-stained mouth makes me look like<br \/>\nSome sated woodland beast<br \/>\nThough belly filled and senses dulled<br \/>\nThis wolf has yet to feast<\/p>\n<p>For though the hearth with amber glow<br \/>\nWarms all within the room<br \/>\nFrigidity inside your heart<br \/>\nMakes it feel like a tomb<\/p>\n<p>You treat my touch, my rubs, my gropes<br \/>\nLike some atrocity<br \/>\nNot even my most heartfelt slap<br \/>\nCan bring you back to me<\/p>\n<p>I know you wish to spurn my love<br \/>\nGo running for the door<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s only fair I let you know<br \/>\nOf all that lies in store<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tis many miles through the snow<br \/>\nUntil the nearest town<br \/>\nBeware of Jack Frost&#8217;s famished heart<br \/>\nHis love will hunt you down<\/p>\n<p>His chill will numb and sap your strength<br \/>\nI know the way he&#8217;s sinned<br \/>\nSo shall you, he&#8217;ll part your thighs<br \/>\nWith scythe-like wintry wind<\/p>\n<p>And when you&#8217;re found by passers by<br \/>\nI have no doubt they&#8217;ll say<br \/>\n&#8220;What a tortured, selfish face<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s better off this way&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frottage in the Cottage No mere glass could dare suffice For toasts of Season&#8217;s Cheer &#8216;Tis jug and box of Gallo wine Before I draw you near My red-stained mouth makes me look like Some sated woodland beast Though belly filled and senses dulled This wolf has yet to feast For though the hearth with &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/poisonspur.com\/?p=178\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Poem Inspired by the Art of Thomas Kinkade<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/poisonspur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/poisonspur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/poisonspur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/poisonspur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/poisonspur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/poisonspur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179,"href":"http:\/\/poisonspur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/poisonspur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/poisonspur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/poisonspur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}