{"id":66,"date":"2003-10-29T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-29T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cloudwrangler.com.php53-14.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/?p=66"},"modified":"2003-10-29T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2003-10-29T10:08:00","slug":"on-why-words-just-might-save-the-world-if-only-by-trying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cloudwrangler.com\/?p=66","title":{"rendered":"On why Words just might Save the World, if only by trying."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or,<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Endeavor&#8217; is my favorite word because it&#8217;s the answer to everything.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Well, I did it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.20x2.org\/\">again<\/a>.  I sat somewhere, pulled a little black book out of my pocket, borrowed a pen, and started scribbling, not because I wanted to , but because I had to.   My God, it felt good, and here it is:<\/p>\n<p>So. I was at home fuming<br \/>\n<br \/>I was pissed until<br \/>\n<br \/>I realized I was hurt.<br \/>\n<br \/>I was a victim.<br \/>\n<br \/>It took me a while.<br \/>\n<br \/>I typed.<\/p>\n<p>I love typing.<br \/>\n<br \/>It makes me feel<br \/>\n<br \/>important<br \/>\n<br \/>accomplished<br \/>\n<br \/>intact.<br \/>\n<br \/>It makes me feel<br \/>\n<br \/>like I have something<br \/>\n<br \/>to say.<br \/>\n<br \/>Until I look up.<\/p>\n<p>I look at my fingers.<br \/>\n<br \/>I can&#8217;t type for shit.<br \/>\n<br \/>I drag my shifts.<br \/>\n<br \/>I mispell<br \/>\n<br \/>completley<br \/>\n<br \/>apparenteley<br \/>\n<br \/>beautifil<br \/>\n<br \/>I can spell with a pen, not<br \/>\n<br \/>with my fingers.<br \/>\n<br \/>Worse, I barrell forward<br \/>\n<br \/>I can&#8217;t see what I&#8217;m<br \/>\n<br \/>Doing.<br \/>\n<br \/>Only what I&#8217;ve<br \/>\n<br \/>Done.<br \/>\n<br \/>It&#8217;s drivel<br \/>\n<br \/>rave<br \/>\n<br \/>anger<br \/>\n<br \/>spit<br \/>\n<br \/>   &#038;    vinegar.<br \/>\n<br \/>It&#8217;s awful.<\/p>\n<p>I posted it anyway,<br \/>\n<br \/>then I drove.<br \/>\n<br \/>I talk to myself behind the wheel.<br \/>\n<br \/>I rant, I preach.<br \/>\n<br \/>I have no disciples,<br \/>\n<br \/>one disciple,<br \/>\n<br \/>all the acolytes I could<br \/>\n<br \/>ever<br \/>\n<br \/>want<br \/>\n<br \/>need<br \/>\n<br \/>forgive.<\/p>\n<p>Can I forgive them?<br \/>\n<br \/>They don&#8217;t seek it.<br \/>\n<br \/>They are rightous<br \/>\n<br \/>patriots<br \/>\n<br \/>martyrs<br \/>\n<br \/>idiots<br \/>\n<br \/>madmen<br \/>\n<br \/>simple men<br \/>\n<br \/>men of faith<br \/>\n<br \/><em><strong>MADMEN.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>Men.<br \/>\n<br \/>Animals.<\/p>\n<p>Bundles of instincts<br \/>\n<br \/>with no where to go<br \/>\n<br \/>but East<br \/>\n<br \/>Down<br \/>\n<br \/>to Hell that doesn&#8217;t<br \/>\n<br \/>Exist<br \/>\n<br \/>to an Allah that who has<br \/>\n<br \/>forgotten them, us<br \/>\n<br \/>Everything.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m just licking my wounds.<br \/>\n<br \/>It&#8217;s because I&#8217;m a victim.<br \/>\n<br \/>We all are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or, &#8216;Endeavor&#8217; is my favorite word because it&#8217;s the answer to everything. Well, I did it again. I sat somewhere, pulled a little black book out of my pocket, borrowed a pen, and started scribbling, not because I wanted to , but because I had to. My God, it felt good, and here it is: &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudwrangler.com\/?p=66\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On why Words just might Save the World, if only by trying.<\/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-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cloudwrangler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cloudwrangler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cloudwrangler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cloudwrangler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cloudwrangler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.cloudwrangler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cloudwrangler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cloudwrangler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cloudwrangler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}