{"id":53,"date":"2018-12-11T12:29:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T12:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/?p=53"},"modified":"2018-12-11T12:33:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T12:33:18","slug":"on-a-burglar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/blog\/2018\/12\/11\/on-a-burglar\/","title":{"rendered":"On a Burglar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just got\u00a0<strong>home<\/strong><br \/>\nLooks like\u00a0<strong>Rome<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>battle<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Little<\/strong>\u00a0did I\u00a0<strong>know<\/strong>\u00a0that the\u00a0<strong>subtle<\/strong>\u00a0had\u00a0<strong>come<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat is this, an influence of\u00a0<strong>rum<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d just\u00a0<strong>prayed<\/strong>\u00a0against losses<br \/>\nCan\u2019t afford to be a\u00a0<strong>prey<\/strong>\u00a0like\u00a0<strong>Samson<\/strong><br \/>\nBut this happened for a\u00a0<strong>reason<\/strong><br \/>\nThough it looks like a punishment for\u00a0<strong>treason<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instinct\u00a0<strong>wanted<\/strong>\u00a0me to\u00a0<strong>race<\/strong><br \/>\nBut conscience\u00a0<strong>subjected<\/strong>\u00a0me to\u00a0<strong>praise<\/strong><br \/>\nAnger made me\u00a0<strong>question<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>watchers<\/strong><br \/>\nBut who am I to\u00a0<strong>question<\/strong>\u00a0the Almighty Watcher?<\/p>\n<p>Wisdom called for self-<strong>reflection<\/strong><br \/>\nIs my\u00a0<strong>affection still<\/strong>\u00a0on the\u00a0<strong>Hill<\/strong>?<br \/>\nYes, I needed to be that\u00a0<strong>real<\/strong><br \/>\nIs this the\u00a0<strong>will<\/strong>\u00a0of God or the\u00a0<strong>ill<\/strong>\u00a0of satan?<\/p>\n<p>Just took a deep breath and gave a bright smile<br \/>\nNot my\u00a0<strong>fault<\/strong>, my\u00a0<strong>vault<\/strong>\u00a0was broken<br \/>\nThe Watcher\u2019s\u00a0<strong>wrath will<\/strong>\u00a0dig a\u00a0<strong>pit<\/strong><br \/>\nThe\u00a0<strong>culprit<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>will<\/strong>\u00a0sure be\u00a0<strong>caught<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not a\u00a0<strong>laudable<\/strong>\u00a0event though<br \/>\nSome\u00a0<strong>valuables<\/strong>\u00a0were gone but\u00a0<strong>replaceable<\/strong>\u00a0they are<br \/>\nI just got to the\u00a0<strong>house<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd\u00a0<strong>a<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>mouse<\/strong>\u00a0had eaten my\u00a0<strong>cake<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just got\u00a0home Looks like\u00a0Rome\u00a0in\u00a0battle Little\u00a0did I\u00a0know\u00a0that the\u00a0subtle\u00a0had\u00a0come What is this, an influence of\u00a0rum? I\u2019d just\u00a0prayed\u00a0against losses Can\u2019t afford to be a\u00a0prey\u00a0like\u00a0Samson But this happened for a\u00a0reason Though it looks like a punishment for\u00a0treason Instinct\u00a0wanted\u00a0me to\u00a0race But conscience\u00a0subjected\u00a0me to\u00a0praise Anger made me\u00a0question\u00a0the\u00a0watchers But who am &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/blog\/2018\/12\/11\/on-a-burglar\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On a Burglar<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/57"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youpple.com\/adekolaspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}