{"id":749,"date":"2026-08-19T03:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T03:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allegoryofthekayv.com\/?p=749"},"modified":"2026-08-31T20:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:15:59","slug":"metamorphosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allegoryofthekayv.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/metamorphosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Metamorphosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I.<\/em><br>When I was still a calf, I was vibrant<br>I demanded of myself<br><br>Now I demand of my rancher<br>But less so<br><br>And as the grass<br>losses flavor and color<br><br>As my knees grow stiff<br>from my lack of play<br><br>I too change with the passing of time<br><br>From being- to less than<br>or just so<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>II.<\/em><br>My regrets are few<br>and crushing <br><br>All involving time <br>Where freedom once lied<br><br>Who&#8217;s caress<br>Now squeezes me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>III.<\/em><br>And now I will be marched to my final destination<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From being to less than.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-poetry1","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allegoryofthekayv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allegoryofthekayv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allegoryofthekayv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allegoryofthekayv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allegoryofthekayv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/allegoryofthekayv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":768,"href":"https:\/\/allegoryofthekayv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allegoryofthekayv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allegoryofthekayv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allegoryofthekayv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}