{"id":6456,"date":"2021-05-12T06:09:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T11:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=6456"},"modified":"2021-05-12T06:09:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T11:09:30","slug":"todd-mercer-ephemeral-transitory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=6456","title":{"rendered":"Todd Mercer &#8220;Ephemeral &#038; Transitory&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Todd Mercer<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Ephemeral &amp; Transitory<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We have until they go out into the world,<br \/>\nafter which we wonder if we really had them at all,<br \/>\nthe way the clock and the calendar<br \/>\nflap in the wind<br \/>\non the last standing wall<br \/>\nof heartbreak.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Todd Mercer<\/strong><\/span> <em>was born ready, then was not at all ready, next became over-confident believing himself more than ready, followed by being notably unready, and hopefully now is once again ready.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todd Mercer Ephemeral &amp; Transitory We have until they go out into the world, after which we wonder if we really had them at all, the way the clock and the calendar flap in the wind on the last standing wall of heartbreak. 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