{"id":5047,"date":"2013-08-07T13:17:46","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T19:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/?page_id=5047"},"modified":"2013-08-07T13:17:46","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T19:17:46","slug":"eric-westerlind","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/?page_id=5047","title":{"rendered":"Eric Westerlind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ahab<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The creak of timber<br \/>\nCoupled with the lashed<br \/>\nSlap of splayed wave,<br \/>\nThe men\u2019s billowing white cries<\/p>\n<p>Coupled with the lashed,<br \/>\nLashing tongue of ivory\u2014the<br \/>\nMen\u2019s billowing white cries and<br \/>\nHands, snagging at rigging, the<\/p>\n<p>Lashing tongue of ivory<br \/>\nCurls within its black cloaked mouth, his<br \/>\nHands, snagging at rigging, the<br \/>\nSound of his voice is the storm. It<\/p>\n<p>Curls within his black cloaked mouth, his<br \/>\nTeeth bite through the rain. The<br \/>\nSound of his voice is the storm, his<br \/>\nHands are lightning across the wheel, and his<\/p>\n<p>Teeth bite through the rain. The<br \/>\nMen\u2019s cries fill the sails and his<br \/>\nHands are lightning across the wheel, and his<br \/>\nGood leg plants like stone.<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s cries fill the sails and his<br \/>\nHands are the gale itself. The<br \/>\nGood leg plants like stone.<br \/>\nHis fingers are knuckled clouds and his<br \/>\nHands are the gale itself. The<br \/>\nCupped mouth of the sea inhales,<br \/>\nHis fingers are knuckled clouds and his<br \/>\nEyes &#8211; their strained outlines.<\/p>\n<p>The cupped mouth of the sea inhales,<br \/>\nThe men\u2019s cries rise to the topmast, and he<br \/>\nEyes their strained outlines,<br \/>\nBattling the knotted rigging.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s cries rise to the topmast, and he,<br \/>\nGnashing his teeth,<br \/>\nBattling the knotted rigging,<br \/>\nBays and howls, and they hear the<\/p>\n<p>Gnashing of his teeth, the<br \/>\nSlap of splayed wave.<br \/>\nHe bays and howls, and they hear<br \/>\nThe creak of timber.<\/p>\n<p>Lafayette, Colorado. <strong>ERIC WESTERLIND<\/strong> is opening the garage for the year, thank god, too, because sawdust is everywhere and the lawnmower has gone kaputz. Twenty-seven years, one hundred and forty pounds, several thousand dollars, a bike, a new helmet, a dog and a girlfriend. See: <em>The Bacon Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahab The creak of timber Coupled with the lashed Slap of splayed wave, The men\u2019s billowing white cries Coupled with the lashed, Lashing tongue of ivory\u2014the Men\u2019s billowing white cries and Hands, snagging at rigging, the Lashing tongue of ivory &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/?page_id=5047\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":5034,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5047","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P15duy-1jp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5047"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5188,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5047\/revisions\/5188"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}