{"id":2984,"date":"2017-06-22T20:01:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T20:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2017-08-01T21:25:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T21:25:28","slug":"down-the-hatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2017\/06\/22\/down-the-hatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Down the Hatch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Doubt your doubts, and dull your pain; another shot of prayer.<\/li>\n
  2. Fear your fears, and drown your ache; a pint of scripture share.<\/li>\n
  3. Strain your strain, and slosh your sting; a flask of fasting true.<\/li>\n
  4. Hurt your hurt, and quaff your grief; a swig of signs renewed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Doubt your doubts, and dull your pain; another shot of prayer. Fear your fears, and drown your ache; a pint of scripture share. Strain your strain, and slosh your sting; a flask of fasting true. Hurt your hurt, and quaff your grief; a swig of signs renewed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2985,"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-2984","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\/img_4208.jpg?fit=1334%2C886&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-M8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2960,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2017\/01\/14\/becoming-the-conquered-beast\/","url_meta":{"origin":2984,"position":0},"title":"Becoming the Conquered Beast","author":"Kim Siever","date":"14 January 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The knight, with sword drawn high, struck down with strength increased. 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