{"id":245,"date":"2021-12-22T13:42:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T13:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/?p=245"},"modified":"2021-12-22T15:56:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T15:56:57","slug":"the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"The Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">by Ilja<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I put the white clothes on and climbed down <br>Into the dungeon where I gloved my hands;<br>I approached that beast with my machine and <br>We both knew it was at my mercy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I began to sand it down; there was<br>No chance I would let it go.<br>I was loud while&nbsp;<em>it&nbsp;<\/em>was silent throughout <br>The sacred ritual of sand, paper, and power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the surface was done, its four legs were <br>The next victims of raw violence.<br>Once its skin was matte, I stirred the serum <br>To apply a new, smoother, better skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Transformed by the divine passage of <br>Transplantation of blue and white paint,<br>A new table was born of the dust of<br>Its former shape to keep serving its masters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I put the white clothes on and climbed down<br \/>\nInto the dungeon where I gloved my hands;<br \/>\nI approached that beast with my machine and<br \/>\nWe both knew it was at my mercy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8,3],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-8","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280,"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions\/280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}