{"id":7302,"date":"2023-05-15T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=7302"},"modified":"2023-04-30T10:43:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T15:43:28","slug":"cynthia-ventresca-my-mother-and-father-fighting-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=7302","title":{"rendered":"Cynthia Ventresca &#8220;My Mother and Father Fighting, 1971&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Cynthia Ventresca<\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">My Mother and Father Fighting, 1971<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"vfgef6M6oSaddM6pChR2\">\n<div class=\"gIgFccyVflVKEh5Hk0ZR\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"figure\">\n<div class=\"CoYTWXXKdjSwW5ACD3Os\" lang=\"en-US\" data-notranslate=\"true\">\n<div class=\"page\" role=\"region\" data-page-number=\"1\" aria-label=\"Page 1\" data-loaded=\"true\">\n<div class=\"textLayer\">\n<p>There are mashed potatoes on the wall, in her hair<br \/>\nkids at the table scared she\u2019s dying,<br \/>\nshe\u2019s lying on the floor by the stove and I remember<br \/>\nher purple shirt, its silver buttons, the slippers<br \/>\nshe wore even fifty years later<br \/>\nand every once in a while, when last light<br \/>\nfalls across the tile around dinner, it\u2019s like<br \/>\nthe old kitchen, old house&#8211;my father disappearing<br \/>\ndown the hallway, my mother<br \/>\npicking up shards of a green bowl, broken.<\/p>\n<div class=\"endOfContent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Cynthia Ventresca<\/strong><\/span> <em>has been writing poetry since the age of seven and lives in Delaware with her partner, five cats, and a garden.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cynthia Ventresca My Mother and Father Fighting, 1971 There are mashed potatoes on the wall, in her hair kids at the table scared she\u2019s dying, she\u2019s lying on the floor by the stove and I remember her purple shirt, its silver buttons, the slippers she wore even fifty years later and every once in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1040,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0},"categories":[9],"tags":[799],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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