The roof\u2019s pitch will return thrown balls,
but prepare for the unpredictable
stagger, the occasional catch
in the gutter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wind will push your bike downhill until
you learn balance: how to center, lean
into gravity\u2019s air, never
too right, too left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shoelaces and neckties will fall into slop-knots:
uneven ends twisted and pinched,
tangled and forced into staying
a little while longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pencils will guide your cursive into loops
that capture whitespace, points
directing the reader\u2019s eye
to crooked lines\u2019 ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Razor blades planted too deep will teach
proper pressure and easy stroke: curves
and patterns all yours to follow,
avoiding blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The roof\u2019s pitch will return thrown balls,but prepare for the unpredictablestagger, the occasional catchin the gutter. Wind will push your bike downhill untilyou learn balance: how to center, leaninto gravity\u2019s air, nevertoo right, too left. Shoelaces and neckties will fall into slop-knots:uneven ends twisted and pinched,tangled and forced into stayinga little while longer. Pencils will … 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-2337","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-BH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337","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=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2339,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions\/2339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
John Davis Jr. is a seventh-generation Floridian, a third-generation citrus grower, a second-generation educator, and a first-generation poet. He enjoys spending time in the outdoors with his family.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"