{"id":3033,"date":"2009-07-27T23:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2009\/07\/27\/truth-can-only-be-ignored-so-long\/"},"modified":"2009-07-27T23:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T23:57:00","slug":"truth-can-only-be-ignored-so-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2009\/07\/27\/truth-can-only-be-ignored-so-long\/","title":{"rendered":"truth can only be ignored so long"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nmore than a legend<\/a> (play on mute) evolution illustrated by time-lapse using
\nalmost flip book animation of photos of fossil evidence.<\/i><\/div>\n

“I was just thinking of the sound my dress made on the pavement last night. That swish.” I replied, thinking it was the sort of sound that gets into my teeth. <\/p>\n

“Oh yes?” <\/p>\n

“Which reminds me of Michael and how I need to track down why I am so monumentally, incredibly angry with him.” <\/p>\n

We step into the park, under the verge of trees. In front of us is a small soccer field, the park next to my apartment, which we are walking to. The grass, in the fresh new darkness, looks black.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t know you were.” His tone is careful, an attempt at neutrality.<\/p>\n

“I must be profoundly hurt to be so angry. I need to track down why.” <\/p>\n

Out from under the trees, it’s possible to see stars. The blurry colour of their light through my scratched glasses reminds me of the improbable pale blue of his eyes. <\/p>\n

“I-” <\/p>\n

“Actually, that’s a lie. I know exactly<\/i> why, but I need the very precise words for it. I need to be able to vivisect my hurt if I expect to present it properly. I don’t think I could bear being misunderstood again. There’s only so many times I can break my own heart.” <\/p>\n

“Has something unexpected happened?” <\/p>\n

I look down at my feet, walk slower. It is hard, for a moment, not to pull away my hand.<\/p>\n

“Yes and no. Worse than that. I needed<\/b> him to surprise me, to prove me wrong, more than you can imagine, more than I knew, and we’re shattering under the weight of it, how he’s just like everybody else.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

more than a legend (play on mute) evolution illustrated by time-lapse using almost flip book animation of photos of fossil evidence. “I was just thinking of the sound my dress made on the pavement last night. That swish.” I replied, thinking it was the sort of sound that gets into my teeth. “Oh yes?” “Which … Continue reading “truth can only be ignored so long”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}