flung, head over heels,<\/p>\n
as if you’re catapulted by your own convictions<\/p>\n
lights flash by you – memories<\/p>\n
blurred afterthoughts;<\/p>\n
there is no way you can concentrate at this speed<\/p>\n
relax: you’re in this for the ride now<\/p>\n
no choice in the matter<\/p>\n
no way to get off;<\/p>\n
there is anticipation of when you’ll skid to a stop<\/p>\n
focus on a street light<\/p>\n
feeling comfortable on your back<\/p>\n
staring into the night, the shadows, and the light;<\/p>\n
ghosts dance overhead<\/p>\n
a ritual step to annoy you<\/p>\n
to prick your consciousness and<\/p>\n
stir your soul to crystalize<\/p>\n
(this is a cold world<\/p>\n
and you’re part of it.);<\/p>\n
shake the aches out and get up,<\/p>\n
pick yourself off the pavement and walk<\/p>\n
take the steps necessary to stride again<\/p>\n
if there is the will you can find a way.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
– Chris George\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n 1990<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" flung, head over heels, as if you’re catapulted by your own convictions lights flash by you – memories blurred afterthoughts; there is no way you can concentrate at this speed relax: you’re in this for the ride now no choice in the matter no way to get off; there is anticipation of when you’ll skid…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11733"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11735,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11733\/revisions\/11735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}