{"id":919,"date":"2011-03-16T06:30:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T10:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=919"},"modified":"2011-03-16T06:48:40","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T10:48:40","slug":"a-poem-woohoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=919","title":{"rendered":"A poem!  Woohoo!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a poem I wrote a few days ago as I thought about the coming Singularity&#8230; I call it:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-Singularity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remember us, the nameless ones,<br \/>\nWho used to have a face.<br \/>\nWho built and worked and wondered<br \/>\nAnd then left without a trace.<\/p>\n<p>Remember us, the troddened ones,<br \/>\nWho suffered pain and fear,<br \/>\nAnd questioned all existence<br \/>\nFor the sake of one child&#8217;s tear.<\/p>\n<p>Remember us, the stupid ones,<br \/>\nWho thought of nothing new<br \/>\nBecause just living was a chore<br \/>\nThat took all day to do.<\/p>\n<p>Remember us, the ugly ones,<br \/>\nWho were not bred the gene.<br \/>\nWho dreamt the feel of symmetry<br \/>\nAnd dreamt of being seen.<\/p>\n<p>Remember us, the wrinkled ones,<br \/>\nWho so young met death.<br \/>\nWhose love and faith could never fade<br \/>\nAs could our needed breath.<\/p>\n<p>Remember us in sun and moon,<br \/>\nAnd see us in the stars.<br \/>\nWe never thought the world was yours,<br \/>\nWe thought that it was ours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and here&#8217;s another short one from a couple years ago&#8230; still a few words I&#8217;m not sure about, but whatever&#8230; &#8217;twas written for a fantasy story I&#8217;ll never write&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t imagine what they imagine,<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t see the things they see.<br \/>\nYour worlds are both too far apart,<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s too much in between.<\/p>\n<p>But someday you will know, my son,<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll learn to tread the wall.<br \/>\nThere are things you cannot dream<br \/>\nAnd you will see them all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a poem I wrote a few days ago as I thought about the coming Singularity&#8230; I call it: Post-Singularity Remember us, the nameless ones, Who used to have a face. Who built and worked and wondered And then left without a trace. Remember us, the troddened ones, Who suffered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[213],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gI4B-eP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":920,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}