{"id":47,"date":"2012-06-26T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/?p=47"},"modified":"2012-06-26T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T15:34:00","slug":"is-it-pointless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/?p=47","title":{"rendered":"Is it pointless?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n<\/a>Is it a case of an onion where as I peel off one slippery layer after the other a torrent of tears stream down my cheeks as it washes my wounds, cleanses my soul?  <\/span>I can\u2019t decide which is more bearable: to open or shut my eyes because either way the vision is blurred.  <\/span><\/span>
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<\/span>As I continue to peel away the layers of this bulbous herb it loses its mass.  <\/span><\/span>Why does it drop its size?  Where is its medicinal benefit?  <\/span>How can something so white and round be so paIe and cold?  <\/span><\/div>\n

\nNevertheless, I keep on peeling.  <\/span><\/span>I press on and eventually I expose the concealed core.  <\/span>But to my surprise the centre is seedless.  <\/span>Is it barren?  <\/span>It flowers not?<\/span><\/p>\n

\nOr is it a case of the macadamia nut where even though I have a big stone in my hand, I don\u2019t have the power to fully crack open this hard shell?  <\/span>I firmly secure the nut on the ragged ground and no matter how hard and continuous I strike, the woody-brown nut keeps slipping away as if to try my patience?  <\/span>As I lose my temper I strike one last time and all gentleness is lost. <\/span>As expected, eventually, I unintentionally apply too much force with my soft hand. I finally crack the hard shell, completely shattering the valued kernel into pieces, disintegrating its vital and basic make-up.  Scattering the seed.  <\/span>But, again to my surprise the core is budless.  <\/span>It is desolate.  <\/span><\/span>It blossoms not.  <\/span><\/span>
\nWell, is there anything new under the sun?  <\/span><\/span>Perhaps it matters not, as one song goes:<\/span><\/div>\n
\nit makes no difference<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nit is easier to believe<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nin this sweet madness<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nin this glorious sadness<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nthat brings me to my knees.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nTalk about surprises, such is life . . .!<\/span><\/div>\n
\n#concelead intentions#<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is it a case of an onion where as I peel off one slippery layer after the other a torrent of tears stream down my cheeks as it washes my wounds, cleanses my soul?  I can\u2019t decide which is more bearable: to open or shut my eyes because either way the vision is blurred.  As […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}