{"id":1286,"date":"2024-02-02T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2024-02-01T19:51:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T19:51:45","slug":"harmonious-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/?p=1286","title":{"rendered":"Harmonious Pain\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you went it hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Absence like an abscess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A life that once danced around and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Told jokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Math problems unanswered,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mornings hushed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A pained smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sad songs on my guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes, a natural transition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naturally difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naturally lonely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naturally alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his dorm room,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I met his fun friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And skepticism vanished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the philosophy lecture,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I took notes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As if I understood epistemology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfamiliarity was daunting yet exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I slept in his room one night, just like old times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inflatable mattress I wrote my name on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After I\u2019d woken up with a&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heartening pain in my back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am okay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you went it hurt. Absence like an abscess. A life that once danced around and Told jokes. Math problems unanswered, Mornings hushed&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":1293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1298,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions\/1298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}