{"id":8898,"date":"2024-11-15T16:43:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T23:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/?page_id=8898"},"modified":"2024-11-15T16:43:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T23:43:47","slug":"the-catch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/?page_id=8898","title":{"rendered":"The Catch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Nikki Allen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>(a dizain)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I am a fisherman who caught old boots,<br>seaweed sometimes but never any fish.<br>I\u2019ve snagged old instrupments: one snare, two lutes\u2014<br>I\u2019ve scored a place setting: spoon, knife, fork, dish\u2014<br>sweatpants and collared shirts, new toys with squish.<br>Call me foolish for the junk in my boat\u2014<br>poke fun at the anchor rust on my coat;<br>I may forever stink like stupid sea,<br>but don\u2019t forget the diamond at your throat\u2014<br>where do you think gifts come from, when from me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<hr\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>NIKKI ALLEN<\/strong>\u00a0is the author of numerous books, including\u00a0<em>Hotwire<\/em>\u00a0(River Dog Press \u201821) and\u00a0<em>Ligaments of Light\/Tigering the Shoulders\u00a0<\/em>(Night Ballet Press). She believes in revolution, strong coffee, the hard knocks &amp; the sweetness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikki Allen (a dizain) I am a fisherman who caught old boots,seaweed sometimes but never any fish.I\u2019ve snagged old instrupments: one snare, two lutes\u2014I\u2019ve scored a place setting: spoon, knife, fork, dish\u2014sweatpants and collared shirts, new toys with squish.Call me &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/?page_id=8898\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8894,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8898","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P15duy-2jw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8898","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=8898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8910,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8898\/revisions\/8910"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerseydevilpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}