{"id":690,"date":"2007-11-13T17:23:45","date_gmt":"2007-11-13T22:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=690"},"modified":"2022-10-30T09:38:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T14:38:52","slug":"poem-a-weekday-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=690","title":{"rendered":"Poem-a-(week)day, #10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blank stares dominate<br \/>\nthe conference room as talks start<br \/>\nCode is forbidden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blank stares dominate the conference room as talks start Code is forbidden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73iP8-b8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":693,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=693","url_meta":{"origin":690,"position":0},"title":"Poem-a-(week)day, #13","date":"11\/16\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Vast and empty as a desert my memory of her stretches itself out before me her face, blank canvas but blind emotion sculpts her silhouette","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poetry&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":691,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=691","url_meta":{"origin":690,"position":1},"title":"Poem-a-(week)day, #11","date":"11\/14\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"An oyster knows much of patience and dignity making jewels of grit","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poetry&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":685,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=685","url_meta":{"origin":690,"position":2},"title":"Poem-a-(week)day, #7","date":"11\/8\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been very busy, but a promise is a promise. 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