{"id":291,"date":"2026-07-07T09:50:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/douglastitus.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:50:32","slug":"raindrops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglastitus.com\/?p=291","title":{"rendered":"Raindrops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am walking before the dawn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a raincoat and in rubber shoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My heart beats low and heavy&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to the weight of the autumn storm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that has left a wash of muted reds and greens and oranges beneath my feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My footsteps keep time&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">rooting out the expected order of the raindrops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here, God playfully colors these notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doing this and \u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">rendering me oblivious to her bird songs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will scurry home and sit by the window<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for the tempest will surely come&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and the swell of death will wipe the earth clean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am walking before the dawn In a raincoat and in rubber shoes. My heart beats low and heavy&nbsp; to the weight of the autumn storm that has left a wash of muted reds and greens and oranges beneath my feet. My footsteps keep time&nbsp; rooting out the expected order of the raindrops. Here, God [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglastitus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglastitus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglastitus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglastitus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglastitus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/douglastitus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292,"href":"https:\/\/douglastitus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglastitus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglastitus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglastitus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}