{"id":2475,"date":"2017-02-20T16:57:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T00:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2017-02-20T16:57:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T00:57:25","slug":"a-land-without-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2475","title":{"rendered":"A Land Without Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Land Without Signs<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Lost in a land without \u00a0signs.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

How it would be if I were blind.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

No \u2018do this,\u2019 \u2018do that,\u2019 or whatever.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if this is better.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Advertizing is out the door.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

For that, I\u2019m happy to the core.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

No road signs or mileage signs either.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Bad news if I get cabin fever.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

No sign to keep off the grass.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Someone yelled \u201cMove your ass.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

No warning signs of danger.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Walk carefully, if a stranger.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

No buildings with names on them.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Embarrassing, walking into a girls gym.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Where\u2019s the bathroom? I got to go.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Without a sign, I\u2019ll be quite a show.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

No stop signs. Drive with care.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

No signs that say BEWARE!!<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think I like this place.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll take signs, whatever it takes.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

A cop tapped me on the shoulder.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Woke me up, without being bolder.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The sign said no loitering or sleeping.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

He waves me on, the park bench creaking.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I was back, as I kissed the sign.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The cop just shrugged. He didn\u2019t mind.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

————————-R. W. Johnson—–(2017)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Land Without Signs Lost in a land without \u00a0signs. How it would be if I were blind. No \u2018do this,\u2019 \u2018do that,\u2019 or whatever. I don\u2019t know if this is better. Advertizing is out the door. For that, I\u2019m happy to the core. No road signs or mileage signs either. Bad news if … Continue reading A Land Without Signs<\/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":[16,29,12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-bird-poetry","category-life-lessons","category-random","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2476,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475\/revisions\/2476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}