A Red Dahlia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I remove my shoes, shirt,
\nand pants. Naked,
\nI step into the dahlia\u2019s bloom.
\nI\u2019m late\u2014our whole
\nneighborhood\u2019s already here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We drink iced tea,
carve our initials
on sunlight,
share family recipes
with curious pebbles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Show Don’t Tell<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes to tell
\nfeels like a kiss
\nwith a hairy landscaper
\nbehind the garage. I ask<\/p>\n\n\n\n
images to take a nap–
they need the rest anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Red Dahlia I remove my shoes, shirt, and pants. Naked, I step into the dahlia\u2019s bloom. I\u2019m late\u2014our whole neighborhood\u2019s already here. We drink iced tea, carve our initials on sunlight, share family recipes with curious pebbles. Show Don’t Tell Sometimes to tell feels like a kiss with a hairy landscaper behind the garage. … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa867U-w2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1987,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986\/revisions\/1987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Kenneth Pobo does an Internet radio show on Saturday nights called Obscure Oldies. He grew two Show And Tell dahlias this past summer, gorgeous blooms. Things he hates: weedwackers, revved motorcycles, and broccoli. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"