{"id":1325,"date":"2026-04-14T06:09:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:11:07","slug":"once-more-and-always","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/?p=1325","title":{"rendered":"once more and always"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Sun rises misty misty lighting<br>up concrete and brick<br>and steel veins<br>and blood<br>flows<br>I<br>know<br>I don't want<br>to ride this arterial<br>tide I want us to be spat<br>out like watermelon seeds<br>tag-a-long together<br>down a water-<br>slide<br>-SPLASH-<br>into<br>an<br>ocean<br>that floats<br>a boat that's<br>never touched<br>water and untroubled<br>watch the sun rise<br>over mountains<br>and flicker<br>through<br>bare<br>branches<br>all of us miracles<br>witnessing miracles<br>suspended between<br>earth and sky<br>pinwheels<br>that<br>owe nothing<br>to bill collectors<br>and everything to<br>one another and the<br>sea and the rising sun<br>and so let go (they said)<br>of The World and so I<br>let go of the world<br>and hold on to<br>everything<br>else<br>as<br>we ride<br>an internal<br>tide generated<br>by an infinite wheel<br>a star by day by day<br>concealed in between<br>ancient gazes and ancient<br>knowledge spinning out<br>like yarn reeling in<br>to catch rushing<br>rays and fish<br>and all<br>holy<br>and<br>sacred<br>things and<br>together with<br>one another we drive<br>and are driven to the sea<br>to the shore to see to be one<br>and the same to follow the<br>path that changes as<br>we follow the path<br>along<br>the<br>unending<br>weaving woven<br>from breath and earth<br>and sky alive living free<br>and freed once more<br>and always together.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>April 14, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sun rises misty misty lightingup concrete and brickand steel veinsand&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/?p=1325\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">once more and always<\/span> <i class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[58,2],"class_list":["post-1325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-58","tag-poetry","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1325"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1327,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions\/1327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}