{"id":21097,"date":"2016-03-12T13:42:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T18:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=21097"},"modified":"2016-03-12T13:43:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T18:43:08","slug":"disappearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=21097","title":{"rendered":"Disappearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Art of Disappearing<\/strong><\/p>\n

When they say Don’t I know you?
\nsay no.<\/p>\n

When they invite you to the party
\nremember what parties are like
\nbefore answering.
\nSomeone telling you in a loud voice
\nthey once wrote a poem.
\nGreasy sausage balls on a paper plate.
\nThen reply.<\/p>\n

If they say We should get together
\nsay why?<\/p>\n

It’s not that you don’t love them anymore.
\nYou’re trying to remember something
\ntoo important to forget.
\nTrees. The monastery bell at twilight.
\nTell them you have a new project.
\nIt will never be finished.<\/p>\n

When someone recognizes you in a grocery store
\nnod briefly and become a cabbage.
\nWhen someone you haven’t seen in ten years
\nappears at the door,
\ndon’t start singing him all your new songs.
\nYou will never catch up.<\/p>\n

Walk around feeling like a leaf.
\nKnow you could tumble any second.
\nThen decide what to do with your time.<\/p>\n

Naomi Shihab Nye<\/p>\n

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The Art of Disappearing When they say Don’t I know you? say no. When they invite you to the party remember what parties are like before answering. Someone telling you in a loud voice they once wrote a poem. Greasy sausage balls on a paper plate. Then reply. If they say We should get together say why? It’s not that you don’t love them anymore. You’re trying to remember something too important to forget. Trees.… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kHSD-5uh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21099,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097\/revisions\/21099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}