i wake up every day with eyes slightly
darker underneath, regardless of my sleep quality.
each restless night or malicious dream slightly
making me look older than i truly am<\/p>\n\n\n\n
i attend to a job i despise to make money, slightly
making me wealthier. every day spent there
takes its toll on me, turning me slightly
colder and more hollow each day\u2019s end<\/p>\n\n\n\n
i consume caffeine on an empty stomach to feel slightly
more awake, but my body has grown tolerant.
each cup of energy makes me slightly
less jittery as i become more resistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n
returning home I park my car, knowing it will get slightly
scratched by people who are poor parallel parkers.
i will pull in and out and in and out, slightly
brushing theirs too, for i am bad at it as well<\/p>\n\n\n\n
being home, I get high to feel slightly
happier and at peace with myself.
my high seemingly weaker and slightly
shorter each time; i smoke too much<\/p>\n\n\n\n
everything in my life is moving slightly
along, a slow crawl into the future.
at what point do all the slightly
moving actions catch up to a rapid pace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
i wake up every day with eyes slightlydarker underneath, regardless of my sleep quality.each restless night or malicious dream slightlymaking me look older than i truly am i attend to a job i despise to make money, slightlymaking me wealthier. every day spent theretakes its toll on me, turning me slightlycolder and more hollow each … 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-2768","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-IE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768","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=2768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2769,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768\/revisions\/2769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Jack Deno is an Illinois native currently exploring his potential as a writer. He hopes to learn more about himself through his writing. He gazes at the stars every opportunity he gets.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"