{"id":1389,"date":"2024-02-13T10:40:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T10:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2024-02-13T10:40:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T10:40:01","slug":"where-im-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/?p=1389","title":{"rendered":"Where I’m From"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am from the stream that split the rock usunder<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cutting a path so wide,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the East no longer recognized the West<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am from \u201cFor God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten son\u201d,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and, \u201cThou shalt have no other gods before me\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Verses bounce off the granite cliffs,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Contradictions echo, colliding in midair,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the divide widens\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am from bobby pins and cinnamon Trident,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the smell reminds me of when the rock was one<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From princesses with eyes wider than their waists\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and shame for falling short<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The splitting terrain left its marks on flawless skin<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am from Bobby and Venus, Danny-elle and Gabby-fifi-ella<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From long dresses at Jessica McClintock and hours lying on Lahaina’s sand<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From cold cabbage in water broth to hot crab and artichoke dip<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nurturing water filled the void, a lush garden grew from parched land<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And My cup runneth over,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I shall not want\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am from a longing, for East to reunite with West,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

from a steep cavern of lost souls, death from the split,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

their suffering unresolved<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Haunting<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From a deep, suffocating sadness which cuts through my sides,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

leaving me breathless, for want of you both, of you all together again<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a glowing room full of presents<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By Monica Festa<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am from the stream that split the rock usunder\u00a0 Cutting a path so wide,\u00a0\u00a0 the East no longer recognized the West\u00a0 I am from \u201cFor God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten son\u201d,\u00a0\u00a0 and, \u201cThou shalt have no other gods before me\u201d\u00a0 Verses bounce off the granite cliffs,\u00a0 Contradictions echo, colliding … Continue reading “Where I’m From”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[3],"class_list":["post-1389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-verse"],"authors":[{"term_id":3,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"m-festaaui-ma","display_name":"m.festa@aui.ma","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/65449cb1068226a14ef9126b1a35129494d168d8031b0176a86c009da34bf92c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma","last_name":"Festa","first_name":"Monica","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1392,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions\/1392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1389"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=1389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}