{"id":8653,"date":"2023-01-31T23:41:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T06:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/?page_id=8653"},"modified":"2023-02-01T00:59:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T07:59:05","slug":"mending","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/?page_id=8653","title":{"rendered":"Mending"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>Elizabeth Porter<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As brittle shale pops against the fire<br>The ghost of an ancient hemlock splinters slowly<br>A wet and hissing peel. Bark from marrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every night breaks gently. Headlights<br>Split the passenger seat where she holds two halves.<br>A cracked tortoiseshell, twin lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is cohesion without adhesive? Even books<br>Require intention and glue. Sinew to hold\u00a0<br>Hairs, feathers, and assumptions in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But every Spring, the creeper vines re-knit<br>Themselves. An osprey returns to an impatient mate.<br>A concert of green and sharp milky sap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You press your face back into mine, and I<br>Accept the mending. Bone needle and waxed thread.<br>Our torn leaves sutured. Green wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<hr\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELIZABETH PORTER<\/strong>\u00a0lives and writes in south-central Pennsylvania. She earned her degree in English from Shippensburg University in 2007 and has been an educator since 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Porter As brittle shale pops against the fireThe ghost of an ancient hemlock splinters slowlyA wet and hissing peel. Bark from marrow Every night breaks gently. HeadlightsSplit the passenger seat where she holds two halves.A cracked tortoiseshell, twin lens. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/?page_id=8653\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8659,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8653","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P15duy-2fz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8653","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8665,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8653\/revisions\/8665"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}