{"id":5995,"date":"2017-07-18T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T12:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=5995"},"modified":"2017-07-18T12:16:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T12:16:08","slug":"holes-poem-by-michael-griffith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/holes-poem-by-michael-griffith\/","title":{"rendered":"Holes. Poem by Michael Griffith"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nRudderless boat
\nButcher, Baker, Prostitute, LLC
\nShould a storm wash them ashore
\nDeserted island,
\nAt least they\u2019ll all have someone to eat.
\n 
\nThe flies demand their lord,
\nThough a lady will do just as well
\nSo long as her promi$e$
\nRing true enough
\nAnd their multi-eyed glare she can meet.
\n 
\nThe boat leaks
\nThe three try to plug the holes
\nTry to keep it afloat
\nFor this island Earth
\nNeeds them powder-dry and smelling sweet.
\n 
\nThe land they came from
\nIs the land of their fathers
\nAnd mother Liberty is growing smaller
\nAs they float off in their Sea of Words
\nAnd fill the holes until one will die in the heat,
\nOne will die of deceit,
\nAnd one will rule over the flies.
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\nBio: Michael Griffith began writing poetry after a life-changing injury as a way for his spirit to heal as his body recuperated. His poems have appeared in Haiku Journal, Dual Coast Poetry, and Ripen the Page, as well as other online journals. He resides in central NJ. https:\/\/michaelgriffithwordpress.wordpress.com\/ <\/a><\/strong>
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\n goodreads.com\/author\/show\/Robin Ouzman Hislop<\/a><\/strong>
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  Rudderless boat Butcher, Baker, Prostitute, LLC Should a storm wash them ashore Deserted island, At least they\u2019ll all have someone to eat.   The flies demand their lord, Though a lady will do just as well So long as her promi$e$ Ring true enough And their multi-eyed glare she can meet.   The boat … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[775,366,401,43],"tags":[18,136,3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5995"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6001,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5995\/revisions\/6001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}