{"id":3605,"date":"2016-04-17T20:16:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T10:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/veritysparks.com\/?p=3605"},"modified":"2016-06-04T22:39:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T12:39:01","slug":"autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/?p=3605","title":{"rendered":"AUTUMN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/?attachment_id=3604\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3604\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3604\" src=\"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/susan_485.jpg\" alt=\"susan_485\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/susan_485.jpg 600w, https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/susan_485-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/?attachment_id=3603\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3603\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3603\" src=\"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/susan_484.jpg\" alt=\"susan_484\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/susan_484.jpg 600w, https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/susan_484-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/?attachment_id=3602\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3602\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3602\" src=\"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/susan_483.jpg\" alt=\"susan_483\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/susan_483.jpg 600w, https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/susan_483-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/?attachment_id=3601\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3601\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3601\" src=\"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/susan_482.jpg\" alt=\"susan_482\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/susan_482.jpg 600w, https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/susan_482-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I Seeing these toadstools bursting out of the ground along the side of our neighbour&#8217;s fence, I remembered this poem by Margaret Atwood. Very sinister!\u00a0 (This is only part of it.)<\/p>\n<p>MUSHROOMS<\/p>\n<p>i<\/p>\n<p>In this moist season<br \/>\nmist on the lake and thunder<br \/>\nafternoons in the distance<\/p>\n<p>they ooze up through the earth<br \/>\nduring the night like bubbles, like<br \/>\ntiny bright red balloons<br \/>\nfilling with water;<br \/>\na sound below sound, the thumbs of rubber<br \/>\ngloves turned softly inside out.<\/p>\n<p>In the morning, there is the leafmould<br \/>\nstarred with nipples,<br \/>\nwith cool white fishgills,<br \/>\nleathery purple brains,<br \/>\nfist-sized suns dulled to the colour of embers<br \/>\npoisonous moons, pale yellow.<\/p>\n<p>ii<\/p>\n<p>Where do they come from?<\/p>\n<p>For each thunderstorm that travels<br \/>\noverhead there&#8217;s another storm<br \/>\nthat moves parallel in the ground.<br \/>\nStruck lightning is where they meet.<\/p>\n<p>from <em>True Stories<\/em> by Margaret Atwood Jonathan Cape 1982<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I Seeing these toadstools bursting out of the ground along the side of our neighbour&#8217;s fence, I remembered this poem by Margaret Atwood. Very sinister!\u00a0 (This is only part of it.) 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