{"id":3498,"date":"2017-04-25T23:07:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T03:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=3498"},"modified":"2017-04-26T15:03:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T19:03:26","slug":"on-guard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/poetry\/on-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"On Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Guard\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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each step<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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a memory<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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with something<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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in between<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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we quarrel<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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over direction<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ever seasonally<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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divesting of<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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plotting regrets<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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impulses that<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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chase ghosts<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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by serenading<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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chances<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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haunting<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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outlines<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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we chose<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the most<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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to fail<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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to fold<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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to have<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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to hold<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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for virtue<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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or blame<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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achievement<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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or shame<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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softened to<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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change<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the scars<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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that remain<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I stand<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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on guard<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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for the<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On Guard\u00a0 each step a memory with something in between we quarrel over direction ever seasonally divesting of plotting regrets impulses that chase ghosts by serenading chances haunting outlines we chose the most to fail to fold to have to hold for virtue or blame…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2808,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-Portfolio2Cols-filterable.php","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3498"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3507,"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3498\/revisions\/3507"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}