{"id":1966,"date":"2014-03-18T17:30:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T00:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1966"},"modified":"2015-05-25T14:39:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-25T21:39:11","slug":"crossed-with-squall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1966","title":{"rendered":"Crossed with Squall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">At the end of every storm\u00a0we&#8217;ve<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">grown\u00a0used to we feel exposed.<br \/>\n<\/span>There is\u00a0too much light. Gone<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> the swaths\u00a0of cloud wind tore<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> like\u00a0clotted\u00a0bandages from the sky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">At such moments\u00a0we hear blood<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> throb in our\u00a0ears.\u00a0We fear\u00a0others<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> divine the tempest in our\u00a0thoughts.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Are not\u00a0our minds\u00a0crossed\u00a0with squall<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> better to conceal\u00a0the course of our bark?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Something is over &#8212; that is enough.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> But wouldn&#8217;t we rather it not?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> We are so naked when calm.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> When spasms abate, we&#8217;re alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We greet pangs like lost friends,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> losing ourselves in their clamour.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Then suddenly they are gone.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Through a cleft in the clouds<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> warm sunbeams rain\u00a0upon us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em; color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_1966\"  data-site_id=\"56b78e2ba4c688a2131dca0b\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1966\"  data-item_title=\"Crossed with Squall\"  data-item_date=\"2014-03-18T17:30:40-07:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.60\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of every storm\u00a0we&#8217;ve grown\u00a0used to we feel exposed. There is\u00a0too much light. Gone the swaths\u00a0of cloud wind tore like\u00a0clotted\u00a0bandages from the sky. At such moments\u00a0we hear blood throb in our\u00a0ears.\u00a0We fear\u00a0others divine the tempest in our\u00a0thoughts. Are not\u00a0our minds\u00a0crossed\u00a0with squall better to conceal\u00a0the course of our bark? 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