{"id":32481,"date":"2024-07-31T17:20:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T21:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/?p=32481"},"modified":"2024-08-01T12:18:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T16:18:07","slug":"not-ready-for-the-paris-review-viii-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/2024\/07\/not-ready-for-the-paris-review-viii-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Ready for The Paris Review: VIII-XII"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>.verse p {bottom-margin:0;}<\/style>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"verse noindent\">\n<h2 style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">VIII. A I L M N O P T<\/h2>\n<p>I am a minimal animal<\/p>\n<p>a pinpoint pinto in pain<\/p>\n<p>a nominal limo palamino<\/p>\n<p>a limp impala on a pantaloon plain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a Milano lollipop lion<\/p>\n<p>in a Tampa tilapia nation<\/p>\n<p>I plan to plant lantana in Atlanta<\/p>\n<p>I aim to maintain a plantation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I tattoo a militant motto<\/p>\n<p>on a lamplit Latino mailman<\/p>\n<p>I paint an opal lanolin lotion<\/p>\n<p>onto a manila-tan ottoman.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I pop a tall pom-pom pi\u00f1ata<\/p>\n<p>atop a million-ma\u00f1ana platoon<\/p>\n<p>A total timpani militia<\/p>\n<p>on a pliant palatial moon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">IX. STEPHEN KING POLICE CALL<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 26px; margin-bottom: 44px; font-family: 'courier new';\">ROUTE 56 ICE PATCH SPUN OUT OF CONTROL OH THEN THE ANIMALS<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"verse noindent\">\n<h2 style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 32px;\">X. QUINTENT<\/h2>\n<p>She believed in justice and reason<br \/>\nHe in paths already taken<br \/>\nTogether they drifted toward heaven<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 26px 0 30px 26px; width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p>The brightest cherry<br \/>\nis plucked from the lowest branch<br \/>\nwhere we see it best.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 26px 0 30px 26px; width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p>Money &#8211; a store of value<br \/>\nand the story of you:<br \/>\nhow you obtained it,<br \/>\nwhere you hoarded it,<br \/>\nwhen you let go of it,<br \/>\nwhat you exchanged it for,<br \/>\nwhom you bequeathed it to,<br \/>\nwhy it meant so much to you,<br \/>\ne pluribus you.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 26px 0 30px 26px; width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p>Songbirds do not know<br \/>\nthe sour hearts of those<br \/>\nto whom sweetly they sing<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 26px 0 30px 26px; width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p>I never used a line on you<br \/>\nI never had to<br \/>\nI never had one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">XI. WHEN THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33590\" src=\"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/nixon_0057-640x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/nixon_0057-640x618.jpg 640w, https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/nixon_0057-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/nixon_0057-768x741.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/nixon_0057.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size:75%; line-height: 1.25;\">229 E. Washington St., New Castle, Pennsylvania, 1973<br \/>Kodak 126 Instamatic Film<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 32px;\">XII. MY HAIR IS NICE<\/h2>\n<div class=\"verse\" style=\"padding-left: 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 33px;\">I tell myself<br \/>\nmy hair is nice<br \/>\nbut that doesn&#8217;t make it so<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">I contemplate<br \/>\nhow to disguise<br \/>\nmy pate with some chapeau<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">Mayhaps my pate<br \/>\nshould celebrate<br \/>\nhow my haircuts take<br \/>\njust a minute<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">And thus I should<br \/>\njust knock on wood &#8211; <br \/>\nmy head, that is &#8211; <br \/>\nand accept it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIII. A I L M N O P T I am a minimal animal a pinpoint pinto in pain a nominal limo palamino a limp impala on a pantaloon plain. &nbsp; I&#8217;m a Milano lollipop lion in a Tampa tilapia &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/2024\/07\/not-ready-for-the-paris-review-viii-xi\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32481"}],"version-history":[{"count":264,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33604,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32481\/revisions\/33604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}