{"id":3620,"date":"2026-01-12T19:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/?p=3620"},"modified":"2026-01-15T00:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:46:22","slug":"stories-from-the-crowd-haikus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/?p=3620","title":{"rendered":"Stories from the Crowd: Haikus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Rian Kochel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">I want for nothing<br \/>except for an escape from<br \/>everything I need<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Long days melt on ice<br \/>cigarettes burn in protest<br \/>whiskey wins the war<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">This life is a gift<br \/>a gift that has been given<br \/>without a receipt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Slumber and trouble<br \/>are separate entities<br \/>trouble never sleeps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">I woke up talking<br \/>in my dream, you were laughing<br \/>I hate alarm clocks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Run down by a car<br \/>dancing until 4 am<br \/>this was my weekend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excerpt From<br \/>Stories from the Crowd<br \/>Scott Ballew<br \/>This material may be protected by copyright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Rian Kochel I want for nothingexcept for an escape fromeverything I need Long days melt on icecigarettes burn in protestwhiskey wins the war This life is a gifta gift that has been givenwithout a receipt Slumber and troubleare separate entitiestrouble never sleeps I woke up talkingin my dream, you were laughingI hate alarm clocks Run down by a cardancing until 4 amthis was my weekend Excerpt FromStories from the CrowdScott BallewThis material may be protected by copyright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3620"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3658,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620\/revisions\/3658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}