{"id":2017,"date":"2026-05-07T11:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:38:12","slug":"theres-something-in-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/2026\/05\/theres-something-in-the-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s Something in the Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"

A humming runs down dry cracks in the paper\u2019s skin\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and hoping it\u2019s braille I spread my fingers thin, thumbing\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

for eye sockets, nostrils, follicle hairs<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

but you always did look to the sky, saying he lines the crown\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

molding, dots zits on the popcorn ceiling, swarms cobwebs and dust.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tell me now, sweet disciple, does noise alone prove life\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

after death?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Feeling nothing, I lean onto the shoulder of the window-<\/span><\/p>\n

pane, and seat my ear against the wall. A shrill cry runs out\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

from under the paint and plays about my ear. Someone\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

is in here.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The voice is sweet honey, vowels pouring consonants but\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

what\u2019s this she said? The woman now shivers and whispers my name, she\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

warns someone is coming. Yes, someone about the doorframe.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The floorboard whines as I inch closer, touching my lips\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to the vibration, inhaling sweet breath through the wall, but\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

then quiet footsteps ask, \u2018What\u2019s this you\u2019re doing?\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve found God,\u2019 I say, \u2018and she\u2019s stuck here, in this wall.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A humming runs down dry cracks in the paper\u2019s skin\u00a0 and hoping it\u2019s braille I spread my fingers thin, thumbing\u00a0 for eye sockets, nostrils, follicle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2019,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}