{"id":2160,"date":"2013-11-10T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2013-11-03T12:15:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T20:15:06","slug":"c-albert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/?p=2160","title":{"rendered":"C. Albert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Runaway<\/p>\n<p>In a new city, I meet the arranged<br \/>\napartment with green carpets in sad<br \/>\nbasement light. When I take<br \/>\nmy first walk, a dog rushes<br \/>\nat me and barks for a long while;<\/p>\n<p>I become stone. In the Beacon Hill<br \/>\nmarket, I ask for a bottle of California<br \/>\nRiesling because already I miss<br \/>\nthe terrain I left. The checker tells me<br \/>\nthat every morning he thanks the saints<br \/>\nhe is alive and eats seven eggs<br \/>\nfor breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>For a moment, I am loved<br \/>\nby his eyes. This isn&#8217;t home<br \/>\nbut another place I will dream<br \/>\nof coming back to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/C-Albert_Runaway-Moon-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2184\" title=\"C  Albert_Runaway Moon (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/C-Albert_Runaway-Moon-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/C-Albert_Runaway-Moon-2.jpg 600w, http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/C-Albert_Runaway-Moon-2-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Runaway&#8221; is reprinted from <em>The View from Here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefrontview.com\/2009\/04\/poetry-c-albert.html\">C. Albert<\/a> regularly publishes poetry and collage at <a title=\"ink sweat and tears\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inksweatandtears.co.uk\/pages\/?cat=16\" target=\"_blank\">ink sweat and tears<\/a>\u00a0where she is Artist in Residence. Other publications include <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundresspublications.com\/wickedalice\/albert30.html\">Wicked Alice,<\/a> Centrifugal Eye, The View from Here, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themonarchreview.org\/estivate\/\">Monarch Review.<\/a><\/em> . . She is currently conducting experiments with photography and box art.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Runaway In a new city, I meet the arranged apartment with green carpets in sad basement light. When I take my first walk, a dog rushes at me and barks for a long while; I become stone. In the Beacon &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/?p=2160\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37,153,8,1],"tags":[745,746],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2160"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2186,"href":"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions\/2186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kathleenflenniken.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}