{"id":181,"date":"2016-04-26T05:05:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T09:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/?page_id=181"},"modified":"2016-04-26T12:09:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T16:09:07","slug":"the-relationship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/poems\/the-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"The Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

The relationship <\/span><\/p>\n

was like an unwanted, <\/span><\/p>\n

distasteful dish, <\/span><\/p>\n

sitting in front of her, <\/span><\/p>\n

of which she had to partake.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It appeared okay when it arrived on the table.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But the longer it sat there<\/span><\/p>\n

congealing<\/span><\/p>\n

staring at her<\/span><\/p>\n

she staring at it<\/span><\/p>\n

the more peculiar it became.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Their mutual \u00a0flaws emerged<\/span><\/p>\n

her displeasure <\/span><\/p>\n

turning to disapproval <\/span><\/p>\n

and finally loathing<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

There was no way <\/span><\/p>\n

out<\/span><\/p>\n

Gracefully<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Or was there? <\/span><\/p>\n

 
\n\u00a9 Glenda Kotchish<\/span><\/p>\n

April 26, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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