{"id":13041,"date":"2013-01-22T03:18:13","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=13041"},"modified":"2013-01-22T03:18:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:18:13","slug":"super-short-story-169-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2013\/01\/super-short-story-169-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Short Story (169): Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-13042\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/117.jpg?resize=236%2C174\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/117.jpg?w=262&amp;ssl=1 262w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/117.jpg?resize=96%2C71&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Super Short Story (169): Reader<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the flight, she noticed the passenger<br \/>\nto her diagonal left in front<br \/>\nwas reading a thick book without a front, back or spine cover.<\/p>\n<p>Every time he finished reading a couple of pages,<br \/>\nhe would rip the piece off,<br \/>\nand stuff it in the seat-back pocket semi-discreetly.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he wants to read the book<br \/>\nwithout wanting others to know what it is,<br \/>\nbut his reading habit already draws attention &#8211; from her at least.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he wants to lighten his load as he reads,<br \/>\nas the thumping book is really thick,<br \/>\nas he has no intention to reread it?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he has no plan to share or shelf the book,<br \/>\nbecause it&#8217;s not that good after all,<br \/>\nor this could just be his travel copy?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he wrote the book,<br \/>\nand is reviewing its &#8216;worth\/lessness&#8217;,<br \/>\nor letting go of what is read &#8216;literally&#8217; (pun intended)?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he already has too many books,<br \/>\nand prefers to store them in his head,<br \/>\nbut all these are just speculations.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;ll never know,<br \/>\nbut she grabbed a page from the pocket,<br \/>\non her way out of the plane to see what it&#8217;s about.<\/p>\n<p>It made her wonder<br \/>\nif she would ever read this way,<br \/>\nespecially her most cherished book or even diary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Short Story (169): Reader On the flight, she noticed the passenger to her diagonal left in front was reading&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[606],"tags":[75,111,568],"class_list":["post-13041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-attachment","tag-perception","tag-renunciation","wpcat-606-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}