{"id":2988,"date":"2020-02-23T16:47:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T21:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/?p=2988"},"modified":"2020-03-10T00:33:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T04:33:35","slug":"painful-memories-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2020\/painful-memories-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Painful memories 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On one of my ex’es birthdays many years ago, I had spent the week earlier working on an artistic rendition of a poem by one of her favorite poets, sadly scrawled on the largest canvas I could think of, the drywall in the garage. I added a simple happy line of my own at the end. When I took off her blindfold to reveal the surprise, she was horrified that I had the arrogance to pervert such perfection. Soon after, as her disgust grew, I painted it back over in white and shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can remember neither the poem nor the poet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update<\/strong>: It turns out there is precedent, thanks to a belated unearthing of yet another Vonnegut gem. However, I cannot hold KV directly responsible for the transgression, as he always breaks the fourth wall via a safety net named Kilgore Trout, or in this case, his son or some such, who writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If only I had the balls to own it like Kurt…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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