{"id":2109,"date":"2026-05-20T12:56:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/?p=2109"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:07:32","slug":"sea-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/2026\/05\/sea-breeze\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Breeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">In the chill of sundown I clutch<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a caramel latte as ambulance lights<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ripple across black steel<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">like an ill-kindled campfire.<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Ill-bundled, I watch the gurney\u2019s<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">wheels race across the road<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">while a woman wails white frost<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">from her lungs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The Sarasota sun sets too soon,<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">and the nippy nights of sea-breeze<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">breathe black dread down the<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">too-dim downtown. The elderly,<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">with walkers and dementia, can\u2019t stand<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">it. Can\u2019t believe their onyx reflection<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">in shop windows. watching years plumb<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">off their thinning skin like steam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">It\u2019s too much to witness the withering,<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">to witness the ways this city\u2014designed for them\u2014<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">dismisses the frailty in favor of frugality.<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">To witness the wailing woman<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">and wonder where this snowbird\u2019s<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">children have flown.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the chill of sundown I clutcha caramel latte as ambulance lightsripple across black steellike an ill-kindled campfire.Ill-bundled, I watch the gurney\u2019swheels race across the<\/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\/2109"}],"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=2109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2111,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109\/revisions\/2111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}