I lie naked on the carpet
\nthe children asleep in the bedroom.
\nMy husband wants to make love to me.
\nHe is beautiful: golden hair, sloped back.
\nI am tired. Thirty-five years
\nof wanting, having, losing.
\nThe sunflower does its job, pressing against the windowpane.
\nNight is long and arduous.
\nTonight, I will have nightmares about leaving my children home alone.
\nThe roads will turn to water as I run to them.
\nIn the dream, the baby doesn’t cry for milk.
\nHe sleeps on top of the six-year old
\nwho reassures me on the phone that all is well.
\nHow I would like to believe–
\nI am a well
\nof patience. I well
\nwith tears. I am rescued
\nfrom the well. My well
\nrunneth. Enter me.<\/p>\n
I lie naked on the carpet the children asleep in the bedroom. My husband wants to make love to me. He is beautiful: golden hair, sloped back. I am tired. Thirty-five years of wanting, having, losing. The sunflower does its job, pressing against the windowpane. Night is long and arduous. Tonight, I will have nightmares […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[46],"tags":[25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6Jypy-marriage","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12458"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12558,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12458\/revisions\/12558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}