{"id":818,"date":"2012-03-21T12:25:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T12:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/?p=818"},"modified":"2015-03-26T07:12:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T07:12:44","slug":"mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by <a title=\"Mask\" href=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=377&amp;action=edit\">Mike Beasley<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bold black eyebrows arched above<br \/>\nBlack almond eyes jutting skyward:<\/p>\n<p>The eyes pine for raven-flight,<br \/>\nFor the cloud-path of the ancestral clan.<\/p>\n<p>The cheek bones, awash in sallow green,<br \/>\nAccentuate the red nostrils, flared contemptuous.<\/p>\n<p>How red, how fierce and stark the stained lips:<br \/>\nOh feast of sweet berries crushed, of blood spilt!<\/p>\n<p>If by shaman\u2019s curse this mask prowls earth,<br \/>\nFinds arms, legs, hands and feet, heart and brain,<\/p>\n<p>And if those epileptic teeth were pried apart\u2014<br \/>\nWhat words would blast from that volcanic breast!<\/p>\n<p>Of cedar wood I carved it: I, a tribal man.<br \/>\nI thrill for a woman and kiss my children\u2019s cheeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mike Beasley Bold black eyebrows arched above Black almond eyes jutting skyward: The eyes pine for raven-flight, For the cloud-path of the ancestral clan. The cheek bones, awash in sallow green, Accentuate the red nostrils, flared contemptuous. How red, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/mask\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-edition","category-previous-editions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1669,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions\/1669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}