{"id":1900,"date":"2001-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-04-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2020-07-24T22:50:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T02:50:51","slug":"poem-gnashing-of-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=1900","title":{"rendered":"[Poem] Gnashing of Teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have the desire to bathe in all that would
\nAffront you
\nInsult you
\nDisgust you
\nDrive you away
\nQuestion all the good things you’ve said about me.<\/p>\n

I have the desire to destroy something beautiful
\nTear it apart
\nRend it limb from limb
\nShatter it
\nCrush it
\nBend it
\nFuck it up beyond all comprehensible recognition.<\/p>\n

I have the desire to intentionally hurt someone’s feelings
\nHumiliate
\nDepreciate
\nBelittle
\nEmbarrass
\nDestroy their reputation to those that mean the most.<\/p>\n

I will never act on these desires.
\nI will voice them, and attempt to heal my wounds.
\nI will bow my head, for I have tied my own hands behind my back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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