{"id":173,"date":"2022-09-12T11:36:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T18:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/?post_type=writing&#038;p=173"},"modified":"2022-10-08T11:19:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T18:19:45","slug":"curry-chicken","status":"publish","type":"writing","link":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/writing\/curry-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"Curry Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The deepest scents of curry and spices ooze into the eggshell kitchen <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">tile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Tapping on Granny\u2019s icy cold island counter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Butt firmly planted in a creaky stool from the 70s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Before I was born. Waiting for roti and curry <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">chicken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">My little feet swing back and forth, she scrapes food around the large <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">bronze pot. The sound makes my tummy do backflips and <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">my toes wiggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">My big sister doesn\u2019t like curry chicken, she and mommy like Jack in the Box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Granny lets out a chesty cough and the curry powder stains<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"> the styrofoam plate a brownish green. Her <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">cough will be cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ll only be able to eat it at funerals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Drowning my sorrows in sorrel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Toeing my solemn fork around green yellow potatoes and <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">chickpeas While stuffing my gut with bake and roti but-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Today, it\u2019s warm and tastes like swinging my feet in the kitchen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":[],"genre":[29,26],"year":[44],"class_list":["post-173","writing","type-writing","status-publish","hentry","genre-poetry","genre-writing","year-44"],"acf":{"contributor":"alex desjardins","bio":"","text":"","contributor_page":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writing\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/writing"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=173"},{"taxonomy":"year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year?post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}