{"id":31,"date":"2009-01-11T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T02:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poemsaboutonionbagels.com\/?p=31"},"modified":"2009-10-27T19:24:51","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T02:24:51","slug":"the-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poemsaboutonionbagels.com\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"the darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">the darkness sets in<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">not again<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">i pray<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">but i know it&#8217;s too late<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">my face<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">furious<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> hot\u00a0heat beyond<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">control<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> i spring up<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> i sprint forth<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">pulse<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">pounding\u00a0lungs<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">___<\/span>screaming\u00a0not<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">enough air\u00a0not<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">__<\/span>enough time i<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">slide stockings \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0across linoleum<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">mouth agape<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">from panting<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">__<\/span>no<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">from horror<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">for now<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">i see it<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">black smoke\u00a0spiraling\u00a0ceilingward<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">onion bagel\u00a0burning\u00a0below<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">i curse the<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> 120-volt<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> funeral pyre<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> before me<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">both for not<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">popping<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">when it should have<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">___<\/span>and<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">for not being<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">powerful enough<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">to take<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">___<\/span>my<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_<\/span>wretched<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">____<\/span>life<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">as well<img loading=\"lazy\" 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