{"id":600,"date":"2025-04-20T16:43:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T16:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lengel.net\/crossetthill2\/?p=600"},"modified":"2025-04-20T16:43:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T16:43:32","slug":"america-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lengel.net\/crossetthill2\/2025\/04\/20\/america-no-more\/","title":{"rendered":"America No More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/lengel.net\/audio\/AmericaNoMore.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As I pondered quickly reading<br>In a trail of tears succeeding<br>With my mind and mem\u2019ry pleading<br>For this horror to be leaving,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my ears I hear a rapping,<br>Like a raven gently tapping,<br>Tapping at my chamber door;<br>Sounds I never knew before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Must be just the wild wind wafting,<br>Whipping wickets plump and zaftig;<br>To the door then deftly running<br>To identify the distant drumming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grabbed the knob and swung it open,<br>Looking leering lamely groping,<br>Hoping for familiar lore:<br>Looking for America before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the dark deserted doorway,<br>Searching for the shining sun ray,<br>The lamp upon the teeming shore:<br>The America I knew before<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A land of robust constitution;<br>All races making contribution;<br>A bouillabaisse of hope galore:<br>The America I knew before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But before me in the doorway<br>Only empty space implored me<br>To forget the friendly facets<br>Of the gem that now stands tacit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where\u2019s the nation sorely blessed<br>By gods of justice well confessed?<br>Will I find the place I knew before?<br>Quoth the raven \u201cNevermore.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I pondered quickly readingIn a trail of tears succeedingWith my mind and mem\u2019ry pleadingFor this horror to be leaving, In my ears I hear a rapping,Like a raven gently tapping,Tapping at my chamber door;Sounds I never knew before. Must be just the wild wind wafting,Whipping wickets plump and zaftig;To the door then deftly runningTo &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lengel.net\/crossetthill2\/2025\/04\/20\/america-no-more\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;America No More&#8221;<\/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-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lengel.net\/crossetthill2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lengel.net\/crossetthill2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lengel.net\/crossetthill2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lengel.net\/crossetthill2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lengel.net\/crossetthill2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lengel.net\/crossetthill2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601,"href":"http:\/\/lengel.net\/crossetthill2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lengel.net\/crossetthill2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lengel.net\/crossetthill2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lengel.net\/crossetthill2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}