{"id":2500,"date":"2013-11-18T12:50:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T20:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=2500"},"modified":"2013-11-18T12:49:57","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T20:49:57","slug":"mind-dont-have-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=2500","title":{"rendered":"Never mind. Nevermind."},"content":{"rendered":"

Where is my mind?
\nWhere
\nIs
\nMy
\nMind
\n?
\nWhere is my mind?
\n–Pixies\/Where Is My Mind<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some things are like throwing confetti up in the air and expecting it to come back into your hands in one piece instead of flying away.<\/p>\n

Things are always what they are.
\nNo more.
\nNo less.<\/p>\n

A feather will never be a lead weight.
\nA joker will never be a king.<\/p>\n

I can throw the confetti into the air and watch it float away.
\nIt’s beautiful, and it isn’t coming back.<\/p>\n

This is more than a little oblique.
\nNot particularly beautiful,
\nBut it’s what there is right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where is my mind? Where Is My Mind ? Where is my mind? –Pixies\/Where Is My Mind Some things are like throwing confetti up in the air and expecting it to come back into your hands in one piece instead of flying away. Things are always what they are. No more. No less. A feather … Continue reading Never mind. 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