{"id":1362,"date":"2021-08-20T22:21:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T22:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2021-12-01T20:16:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T20:16:28","slug":"daydreaming-a-flightless-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/2021\/08\/20\/daydreaming-a-flightless-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Daydreaming a Flightless Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Featured in 2015 Spring Issue of Rambunctious<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Daydreaming a Flightless Adventure\nAnyi Liebler-Bendix, '16\n\nEmpty, thoughtless process\nmind wanders over yonder\nfar beyond the pages of blank paper\nthe hands on a clock\nlike a compass pointing you in the right direction\nnorth, south, east, west\nyou follow the yellow road\nthe Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man\ngreet you with surprise\nand they warn you of the wicked witch\nyou travel onwards\nenjoying the peaceful, contentedness\nof absolutely nothing\nuntil the tornado\nthat wraps you in a blanket of ashes\ncarrying you for miles and miles\ndropping you off in a little town\nempty barrels\nflying bales of hay\nghostly whispers of haunting aches\nthe echoes of hoof beats\npounding on the dried-up dirt\ndust sticking to your tongue\ntasting like sand\nyou ride off West\nleaving your presence\nas a vague appearance of the imagination\ndrowning in your fears\nwater waist high\nfeet sunk in deep\nyou stand still as it sucks you in\nfurther and further\nuntil the horizon line has disappeared\ncompletely from sight\na cannon is fired\nfrom the distance\narmed men in uniforms\ndance profoundly among the battlefield\ndraped in blood\na gunshot rings.\nIt\u2019s the bell.\nYou\u2019re not in Gettysburg anymore.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyi Liebler-Bendix, &#8217;16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"full-width-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1624,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions\/1624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}