{"id":1087,"date":"2009-11-27T16:27:05","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T23:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2009-11-27T16:27:05","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T23:27:05","slug":"shopping-cart-desperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/2009\/shopping-cart-desperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopping Cart (Desperation)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_1693.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"IMG_1693\" src=\"http:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_1693.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1693\" width=\"461\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_1693.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_1693-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThere is a baby crying<br \/>\nUttering wails of fear<br \/>\nAs its face contorts<br \/>\nScreaming and screaming<br \/>\nSitting in a shopping cart<br \/>\nIn a nearby empty lot<br \/>\nThe baby looks around<br \/>\nTwisting from side to side<br \/>\nBawling loudly<br \/>\nAs it screams for help<br \/>\nBut she doesn\u2019t possess<br \/>\nThe words to yell<br \/>\nHer tiny hands<br \/>\nGripping the cold steel<br \/>\nOf the handle bar<br \/>\nDesperation etching<br \/>\nLines of age<br \/>\nInto the infant\u2019s<br \/>\nSoft face<br \/>\nThe woman stands<br \/>\nOn the other side<br \/>\nOf her car<br \/>\nShe slides down<br \/>\nAgainst it as her body quakes<br \/>\nHer tiny frame<br \/>\nRattled by her sobs<br \/>\nThat she snuffs out<br \/>\nWith a bony fist<br \/>\nThe mother sits crying<br \/>\nCurled up into a ball<br \/>\nWondering<br \/>\nIf she should leave<br \/>\nCan she do it<br \/>\nJust walk away<br \/>\nAs her child screams<br \/>\nShe can\u2019t take it<br \/>\nShe can\u2019t do it anymore<br \/>\nShe is listening to her<br \/>\nPrecious baby wailing<br \/>\nJust feet away<br \/>\nYet so very far from her<br \/>\nThe mother sits<br \/>\nOn the edge of a choice<br \/>\nBetween love and desperation<br \/>\nShe gave everything for her child<br \/>\nAnd there is nothing left for her<br \/>\nShe can\u2019t even feed herself now<br \/>\nShe has nothing left to give<br \/>\nExcept her love<br \/>\nThe infant<br \/>\nAnd the mother<br \/>\nAre separated by a car<br \/>\nAnd a long space<br \/>\nA need<br \/>\nAnd a lack of everything<br \/>\nStands between them<br \/>\nAs they both cry<br \/>\nWishing for what<br \/>\nNeither of them has<br \/>\nWondering what comes next<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a baby crying Uttering wails of fear As its face contorts Screaming and screaming Sitting in a shopping cart In a nearby empty lot The baby looks around Twisting from side to side Bawling loudly As it screams for help But she doesn\u2019t possess The words to yell Her tiny hands Gripping the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[436,6,3],"tags":[531,164,530,450,529,225],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"https:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.multer.com\/people\/monica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}