{"id":2097,"date":"2021-11-30T21:50:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/?page_id=2097"},"modified":"2021-12-04T22:51:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T02:51:00","slug":"still","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/poetry-archive\/still\/","title":{"rendered":"Still"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2340 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2021\/12\/FilterMississippi_refinery-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2021\/12\/FilterMississippi_refinery-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2021\/12\/FilterMississippi_refinery-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2021\/12\/FilterMississippi_refinery.jpg 796w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Still,<br \/><\/strong>Ahrend Torrey<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">the heat does rise. Still,<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the factories smolder. Still,<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the oil rigs pump their black vomit<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 through our social veins. Still,<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the lion is an erased sketch drawing\u2014<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the willow, a question.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">If these years pass,<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and oil rigs are no longer a thing,<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 if plastic, is no longer a thing,<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I assure you have something,<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 as grim, as hopeless. Still,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">the Mississippi rushes forward\u2014<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 looking for a turn. Still,<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 you can write the word <em>Maybe<\/em>. Still,<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the sun pulls herself<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 out of the dark lake, vibrant,<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 as if nothing, absolutely nothing,\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 can stop her\u2014<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-medium-gray-background-color has-medium-gray-color is-style-wide\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Ahrend Torrey <\/strong>is the author of \u201cSmall Blue Harbor\u201d published by the Poetry Box Select imprint. He lives in Louisiana with his husband Jonathan, their two terriers, and cat.<\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still,Ahrend Torrey the heat does rise. Still,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the factories smolder. Still,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the oil rigs pump their black vomit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 through our social veins. Still,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the lion is an erased sketch drawing\u2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/poetry-archive\/still\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3221,"featured_media":0,"parent":1261,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2097"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2342,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2097\/revisions\/2342"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}