{"id":2069,"date":"2021-09-26T01:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T01:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/?p=2069"},"modified":"2024-11-27T08:16:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T13:16:03","slug":"my-friend-the-addict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/26\/my-friend-the-addict\/","title":{"rendered":"My Friend The Addict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My friend is an addict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I watch them struggle,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Day after day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the Darkness;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Void that forces them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To look externally for what<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They lack inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attention.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They seek gratification<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From outside,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fix to feel better<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To feel anything<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To keep the Hunger at bay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For just a moment,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if it roars back<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More ravenous than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My friend is an addict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My friend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend is an addict. I watch them struggle, Day after day With the Darkness; The Void that forces them To look externally for what They lack inside. Love.&nbsp; Attention.&nbsp; Purpose. They seek gratification From outside, A fix to feel better To feel anything To keep the Hunger at bay For just a moment, Even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/myfriendaddict.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2070,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069\/revisions\/2070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}