{"id":2822,"date":"2022-12-07T23:57:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T23:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/oxmag\/?page_id=2822"},"modified":"2022-12-07T23:57:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T23:57:23","slug":"after-anothers-arm-by-lorelei-bacht","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/oxmag\/after-anothers-arm-by-lorelei-bacht\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;after another&#8217;s arm&#8221; by Lorelei Bacht"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">after alive, after another's arm, a turn-\naround \u2013 but not as beautiful. \n\na bell begins to blink our bodies into view,  \ncome blue curtains of dawn. \n\nafter capable of action comes desire \nnow diminished, fraction      of a familiar \n\nglow, holding. if an impulse, the nature of \nthis beast: is it      or isn\u2019t it? \n\ntree branch once liveable, now made \nmatches.      might we more of morning? \n\ni name myself, and the naming nervous. \n     the checklist reads: none. or nothing. \n\nif only the right ring, if only shapes stopped \n   still. if only the bird kept its tongue \u2013 \n\na tenderness? a we,    a what,      a whatever. \ndid we dream the wind's delicate \n\nweavework in the frangipani? afterwards: \ni will walk the world.    not yours.    but mine. \n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lorelei Bacht&#8217;s <\/strong>poetic work has appeared \/ is forthcoming in The Night Heron Barks, Queerlings, SoFloPoJo, Barrelhouse, Sinking City, Stoneboat, One Art, SWWIM, and elsewhere. They can be found on Twitter @bachtlorelei and on Instagram @lorelei.bacht.writer. They are currently watching the rain instead of working on a chapbook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>after alive, after another&#8217;s arm, a turn- around \u2013 but not as beautiful. a bell begins to blink our bodies into view, come blue curtains of dawn. after capable of action comes desire now diminished, fraction of a familiar glow, holding. if an impulse, the nature of this beast: is it or isn\u2019t it? tree &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/oxmag\/after-anothers-arm-by-lorelei-bacht\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;after another&#8217;s arm&#8221; by Lorelei Bacht&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2310,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2822","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/oxmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/oxmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/oxmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/oxmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/oxmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/oxmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/oxmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}