Rain drips from the roof with the rhythm of tr(i)bal drums<\/p>\n
\u2018ll never know what it is to\u2019ve had everything st(ol)en from me<\/p>\n
d men stagger under the weight of their years. Their greedy<\/p>\n
eyes weigh them d(own)<\/p>\n
ership is the illusion that keeps us working long h(our)s<\/p>\n
needs are neighbors we\u2019re afraid to meet; our wants are<\/p>\n
the brothers-in-law of the (sou)l<\/p>\n
p heals all wounds; if Mamaw taught you nothing else,<\/p>\n
it\u2019s t(his)<\/p>\n
nails have grown yellow, curving into claws. His teeth<\/p>\n
blacken and c(rum)ble<\/p>\n
sinks into the bellies of the faithful. It will re-emerge<\/p>\n
like rain Rain drips from the roof with the rhythm of tr(i)bal drums \u2018ll never know what it is to\u2019ve had everything st(ol)en from me d men stagger under the weight of their years. Their greedy eyes weigh them d(own) ership is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9926],"tags":[22021],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1947,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions\/1947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCL Bledsoe<\/strong> has two collections, _____(Want\/Need)<\/em> and Anthem.<\/em> A third collection, Riceland,<\/em> is forthcoming later this year. He has a chapbook, Goodbye To Noise<\/em>, available online at www.righthandpointing.com\/bledsoe.<\/a> A minichap, Texas,<\/em> is forthcoming. His story, “Leaving the Garden” was selected as a Notable Story of 2008 by Story South’s Million Writer’s Award. He is an editor for Ghoti Magazine<\/em>.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"