{"id":1528,"date":"2023-08-25T16:08:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2025-01-31T13:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:32:57","slug":"awake-twas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/2023\/08\/25\/awake-twas\/","title":{"rendered":"Awaken! T&#8217;was the Nightmare of Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whenc&#8217; com&#8217;th the heavy shadows;  for there be need of wings to seek guidance<br>in darkness without light, in the cold with no warmth. <br>Both which _ Nary moments befor&#8217; _ we fully enjoyed. <br>I congratulate Thee upon join&#8217;ng me in our erstwh&#8217;le journey <br>to centuries past _ wher&#8217; the evil villanies of 15th century poverty <br>curse&#8217;d our human lot.  For wretches love company.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doth anger overcom&#8217; Thee? _ as well it does I for this sorry state of affa&#8217;rs. <br>From whenc&#8217; com&#8217;th the force that slubbered this dark beshrew upon us? <br>Reminiscent of medieval ignorance!  Recollections of dark dreams come to life. <br>As Thou might list, and I recall while being quite pissed, <br>it be the Cockatrices of our day who befor&#8217; our present Age of Darkness _ <br>spew&#8217;d guileful words on the evils of our centuries technological prowess.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cockatrices proclaim&#8217;th the sun, that be The One, for which a swashing blow was <br>cast up&#8217;n our technology.  And if&#8217;t _ gods forbid _ there be a cloud _ the wind tak&#8217;th  <br>up the shortcom&#8217;ng _ if it please the wind to do so.  <br>What Poppycock You Cockatrices!! _ Thou besmirch&#8217;t our way to  solv&#8217;th any evils &nbsp;<br>of used air _ with no avoid&#8217;nce to pound us down to the ignoranc&#8217; of medieval shadows. <br>Forthw&#8217;th Be Gone! and with Thee Thine vision _ Thine Plague! Be Gone! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forthw&#8217;th startl&#8217;d I awoke from this Dark Nightmare! Forswear&#8217;ng the Cockatrices! <br>Let not our sloth dim the mind to that flighty counsel to slay that oily y&#8217;t reliable dragon \u00a0<br>befor&#8217; we know how best to safely tak&#8217;th its lodging. <br>Cockatrices confess! Who are Thou? For Thine evil ways _ to sharpened eyes _ now displayed <br>your lack of thought or care for the po&#8217;rest &#8216;mongst us; with little means \u00a0<br>to protect thems&#8217;lves from you Want-Wits with your bawbling minds. Cockatrices Be Gone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(The Random Poet:07172021<br>www.therandompoet.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; Cockatrices  (pronounce:  <strong>kaa<\/strong> &#8211; kuh &#8211; truh &#8211; suhz) &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenc&#8217; com&#8217;th the heavy shadows; for there be need of wings to seek guidancein darkness without light, in the cold &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/2023\/08\/25\/awake-twas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Awaken! T&#8217;was the Nightmare of Darkness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,4,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-verse-blank-verse-fractured-elizabethan","category-general-observations","category-pre-nov-5-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1528"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2487,"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528\/revisions\/2487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}