{"id":2104,"date":"2016-02-20T15:06:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T15:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2016-02-20T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T22:21:10","slug":"with-rhyme-and-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/?p=2104","title":{"rendered":"With Rhyme and Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-2104\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-2104-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-2104-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2104-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h4>Interlaken, 1976<\/h4>\n<p>by Reggie Morrisey<\/p>\n<p>Windows swing wide open to the cool night air.<br \/>Cars triple park at Crestwood Station. <br \/>Sleigh trains go chugging down Toboggan Hill <br \/>as raccoons delight in basement hibernation.<\/p>\n<p>Morning means a rush to catch a bus or train. <br \/>Prayers and incantations start cold cars as <br \/>icy paths and roads lead to a chancy game of <br \/>reaching destinations free of scars.<\/p>\n<p>Brisk business for the pharmacists of Main Street. <br \/>Just hardy souls pm streets these chilly days <br \/>as colds and coughs and flu and\u00a0sneezes <br \/>descend on us in must unsubtle ways.<\/p>\n<p>An empty beach awaits the warming sunshine, <br \/>the children's voices and the grown up sighs <br \/>while courtyards in their gleaming crystal stillness <br \/>give pause and quiet pleasure to our eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The yards disguise themselves as private skate rinks <br \/>where hockey games are played each afternoon. <br \/>And mothers doomed to bouts of cabin fever <br \/>dream of winter's end, of springtime and sweet June.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2104-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2104-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><div id=\"attachment_2108\" style=\"width: 308px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/?attachment_id=2108\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2108\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2108\" class=\"wp-image-2108 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1978_Pogo_Snow.jpg\" alt=\"1978_Pogo_Snow\" width=\"298\" height=\"514\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">O-u-u-u-u-t now!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interlaken, 1976by Reggie MorriseyWindows swing wide open to the cool night air.Cars triple park at Crestwood Station. Sleigh trains go chugging down Toboggan Hill as raccoons delight in basement hibernation.Morning means a rush to catch a bus or train. Prayers and incantations start cold cars as icy paths and roads lead to a chancy game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2104"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2113,"href":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104\/revisions\/2113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}