{"id":9491,"date":"2018-06-30T21:33:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T20:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=9491"},"modified":"2018-07-02T07:57:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T06:57:40","slug":"plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=9491","title":{"rendered":"Plea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Plea<\/h5>\n<p>How when a body dies it becomes <em>the body<\/em>. No<br \/>\nmind to all the mouths who named it, who knew it<br \/>\nin quiet, who call for it now, unanswered. But<br \/>\nknow it: bear the cells\u2019 leaking out and pooling<br \/>\nwhere they\u2019re pulled to, bluebottles lapping at<br \/>\nthese final outputs, fur around their mouths<br \/>\nbloodied like winged wolves. Note them as markers,<br \/>\nmakers beyond you. Watch the body age beyond it-<br \/>\nself, wage against itself, overwintered. Count the cracks<br \/>\nof cygnets hatching in June. Let the prayer come out<br \/>\nyour mouth, just let it. The light will regain its blueness, I know it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plea How when a body dies it becomes the body. No mind to all the mouths who named it, who knew it in quiet, who call for it now, unanswered. 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