{"id":2036,"date":"2026-05-07T12:03:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:38:57","slug":"self-portrait-as-the-afterlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/2026\/05\/self-portrait-as-the-afterlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Portrait as the Afterlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Listening to songs along the riverfront<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">no shoes, manicured yards, nothing to ail<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a vessel filled with prospects<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">one sheet of color vibrates across the skyline<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">an agent of the existential<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">anonymous in the chamber of previous lives<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">an instrument of music focuses<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">on preserving praise<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">in blue light, jewels, and satin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a lively shot-glass witness to self-portraits<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">shining down the avenue<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">there is no judgment<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">clouds evaporate under footfalls<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">flames illuminate troubled waters<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">with no thought for the scars of tomorrow<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">new souls lay bare<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">then permanently disappear<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">scavenging for any oppressing memories<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">death is this kiss, this pose<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">this dance to the rhythm of thunder<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">skipping graceful stones across the lake<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">think of all the beautiful possibilities<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ornaments with no past<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">no hardness, no fleeting words<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">all are ours to behold<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listening to songs along the riverfrontno shoes, manicured yards, nothing to aila vessel filled with prospects one sheet of color vibrates across the skylinean agent<\/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\/2036"}],"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=2036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2038,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions\/2038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}