but there is no Bible, no
\nGod, only<\/p>\n
a broom to sweep
\nhair from the floor.<\/p>\n
I beautify the house
\nagain\u2014pluck<\/p>\n
the daisies of my eyes,
\nstrew them cross<\/p>\n
the kitchen counter,
\ndown the front steps,<\/p>\n
in the bath\u2014treachery
\nis no excuse for<\/p>\n
homeliness. Spring is
\ninevitable; they will<\/p>\n
bloom again. There is
\nno temple to raze<\/p>\n
to the ground, no
\nenemies to lash<\/p>\n
this body of braille,
\nso the story goes<\/p>\n
something like this:
\na man moves in<\/p>\n
darkness, to darkness,
\na woman has scissors<\/p>\n
for hands, the only
\nprayer is a meeting<\/p>\n
of metal\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 an
\ninfinity loop of sound.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
but there is no Bible, no God, only a broom to sweep hair from the floor. I beautify the house again\u2014pluck the daisies of my eyes, strew them cross the kitchen counter, down the front steps, in the bath\u2014treachery is no excuse for homeliness. Spring is inevitable; they will bloom again. There is no temple […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":647,"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":[56],"tags":[25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jypy-3Js","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14350"}],"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\/647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14350"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14447,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14350\/revisions\/14447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}