{"id":8790,"date":"2011-03-01T02:11:01","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T18:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=8790"},"modified":"2011-03-01T02:11:01","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T18:11:01","slug":"he-is-like-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2011\/03\/he-is-like-death\/","title":{"rendered":"He Is Like Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8791\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/15.jpg?resize=118%2C175\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/15.jpg?w=184&amp;ssl=1 184w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/15.jpg?resize=64%2C96&amp;ssl=1 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThere is a stranger in the house.<br \/>\nThere is an uninvited guest in the house.<br \/>\nThere is a phantom cockroach in the house.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know where he came from.<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know where he&#8217;s going.<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know if he&#8217;s still around.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared suddenly one night.<br \/>\nHe disappeared suddenly the next morning.<br \/>\nHe reappeared suddenly that night.<\/p>\n<p>Am not sure if I should look out for him.<br \/>\nAm not sure if he would return if he did leave.<br \/>\nAm not sure at all.<\/p>\n<p>He is like death.<br \/>\nHe can come suddenly.<br \/>\nHe can surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Should I live fretfully?<br \/>\nShould I brace myself?<br \/>\nShould I make peace that he can come any time?<\/p>\n<p>Am I ready if he comes again?<br \/>\nAm I ready for (re)death?<br \/>\nAm I ready for rebirth?<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nRelated Article:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Cockroach of Death<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2011\/03\/the-cockroach-of-death\">https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2011\/03\/the-cockroach-of-death<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a stranger in the house. There is an uninvited guest in the house. There is a phantom cockroach&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[47,65,106],"class_list":["post-8790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-anicca","tag-death","tag-rebirth","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8790","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=8790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}