{"id":4795,"date":"2018-11-14T09:13:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T15:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=4795"},"modified":"2018-11-14T09:13:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T15:13:16","slug":"tick-tock-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/11\/14\/tick-tock-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Tick Tock Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

She says she needs time to figure things out. <\/span><\/p>\n

That there are parts of her that are broken, <\/span><\/p>\n

And a clocks work will piece them back together.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

She says she needs time to find the missing pieces.<\/span><\/p>\n

As if two won\u2019t be a bigger search team.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like the odds won\u2019t be greater.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

She says she needs time to heal her open wounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because being alone in doing so will work wonders.<\/span><\/p>\n

And barbie doll band aids will close the gaps between the two.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

She says she needs time to find herself.<\/span><\/p>\n

As if you don\u2019t already know every part of her.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even the parts she tries to hide.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

She says she needs time to be alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like the space she\u2019s held over your head for the past month,<\/span><\/p>\n

Was all a figment of your overthinking mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

She says she needs time to find a good reason to leave you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because being straightforward and honest isn\u2019t what you want.<\/span><\/p>\n

And playing merry-go-round games is your favorite pastime.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She says she needs time to figure things out. That there are parts of her that are broken, And a clocks work will piece them back together.   She says she needs time to find the missing pieces. As if two won\u2019t be a bigger search team. Like the odds won\u2019t be greater.   She … Continue reading “Tick Tock Girl”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4795"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4817,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795\/revisions\/4817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}