{"id":2972,"date":"2017-05-16T15:42:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T15:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2017-08-01T21:19:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T21:19:52","slug":"collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2017\/05\/16\/collision\/","title":{"rendered":"Collision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Implicitly, complicit he perpetuates toxicity;<\/li>\n
  2. He balks the talk while talks the talk because for him, talk is the tea.<\/li>\n
  3. The fingernail a wrist impales while\u00a0signs inhale and oaths exhale,<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cOr shall it be morality,\u201d he asks as he tears at the veil.<\/li>\n
  5. He treats his keys like vile disease, dismantling, yet still appease.<\/li>\n
  6. He\u2019s channelling a balancing between the charge and the reprise.<\/li>\n
  7. Does he suppose that to oppose or, too, expose what no one knows<\/li>\n
  8. Will bring him rest from this protest, at last be blessed with a repose?<\/li>\n
  9. Yet clinging on, the singing gone, he still can hear the ringing yon,<\/li>\n
  10. So\u00a0fighting will\u00a0and writing still, a\u00a0dwindling hope still\u00a0bringing dawn.<\/li>\n
  11. Two worlds collide, the soul divide. To merge? To purge? It\u2018s all untried.<\/li>\n
  12. Abandon one? Demandin\u2019 one? One thing\u2019s for sure. They will collide.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Implicitly, complicit he perpetuates toxicity; He balks the talk while talks the talk because for him, talk is the tea. The fingernail a wrist impales while\u00a0signs inhale and oaths exhale, \u201cOr shall it be morality,\u201d he asks as he tears at the veil. He treats his keys like vile disease, dismantling, yet still appease. He\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith-crisis-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/crash-test-1620592_1920.jpg?fit=1574%2C991&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-LW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3597,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2019\/04\/06\/when-adhd-parents-and-adhd-kids-collide\/","url_meta":{"origin":2972,"position":0},"title":"When ADHD parents and ADHD kids collide","author":"Kim Siever","date":"6 April 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"It can be challenging having a child with ADHD. 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