{"id":1422,"date":"2023-08-17T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2023-12-05T12:23:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T12:23:14","slug":"pumped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/pumped\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone’s Pumped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A poem, Oct 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a weekday morning. I’m sitting in my car 15mins early before the shopping mall open. I want to make an exchange of an oversized pants I got as a gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m watching the cars pull in. I feel the beat before I see the bumpers. It’s coming for the lady’s sedan. She’s smoking her last cigarette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same thing happens again with other drivers pulling in.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Everyone’s Pumped<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Smash that Redbull, 15mins before you hit the car.
Put on the hip-hop, turn up the bass.
Let the music take you and drum you ready.
Check your socials, anything going on local.
Maybe I need to brush my hair,
just another layer of makeup,
after I sip my coffee.

Let me finish this last cigarette,
maybe it will be my last.
I’m ready. I’m ready. I’m ready<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m alive. I’m alive. I’m alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let the car run for a little while,
yes, I care about the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But first, let me look at your picture.
Be Real.<\/em>
Who’s real?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here I go:
it’s time to go.
Let me chew that gum.
Let’s go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m ready. I’m ready. I’m ready.
I’m alive. I’m alive\u2026
I’m alive<\/em>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychological","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1426,"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions\/1426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}