{"id":1946,"date":"2025-04-25T16:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2025-04-25T17:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T17:21:36","slug":"the-cat-and-the-gecko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/the-cat-and-the-gecko\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cat and the Gecko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free falling upwards and sideways.<br \/>\nTerminal velocity in any direction.<br \/>\nMy cat is a superhero,<br \/>\nHe can fly, anywhere in the sky<\/p>\n<p>His nemisis is a shapeshifting lizard.<br \/>\nHer name is Bubble (probably).<br \/>\nTaking the form of funky parts of fundamental particles,<br \/>\nShe is impossibly small, and cute<\/p>\n<p>Whispering just enough so he can&#8217;t sleep.<br \/>\nBubble taunts us every now and then.<br \/>\nThe ghost Gecko once brought in as prey,<br \/>\nHas the family stood on the tables, shreiking<\/p>\n<p>My cat flies up to the mountain top,<br \/>\nJust to get some peace,<br \/>\nSitting, relaxing, he is unfazed by the wind. A God atop his domain.<br \/>\nSurveying the surroundings as far as his render distance allows<\/p>\n<p>What is nicer than food?<br \/>\nMaybe getting rid of what was food, or sleeping.<br \/>\nSomehow all was calm after Bubble arrived.<br \/>\nBefore everything was past fucking tense<\/p>\n<p>Bubble is lording it up as an entire galaxy.<br \/>\nJust to shift back into a lizard,<br \/>\nJust to annoy the cat who wants to play,<br \/>\nAll I can suggest during times like this is sleep, sleep through it<\/p>\n<p>What governance is done for people?<br \/>\nNot the same than is done for votes,<br \/>\nThe intention is missing,<br \/>\nNo respect for the truth<\/p>\n<p>We need a hero to cleanse those in power.<br \/>\nAnd that just might be my cat.<br \/>\nMaybe we can get the gecko on side.<br \/>\nA supporter for our cause<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes enemies can become friends,<br \/>\nOnce differences are understood,<br \/>\nMaybe soon the cat will like Bubble.<br \/>\nWho can really say?<\/p>\n<p>Inaction is sometimes the best way to get things done.<br \/>\nWait it out, oh look, it just happened by itself,<br \/>\nBut would it have if I tried to do it?<br \/>\nLiving half my life in dreams teaches me probably not<\/p>\n<p>The lands beyond reality sometimes seem out of reach.<br \/>\nBut they are still there,<br \/>\nJust as the sun still shines at night.<br \/>\nLook within and you will find the keys to everything<\/p>\n<p>What is a friend?<br \/>\nSomeone who is there to lift us when we fall,<br \/>\nLike water, beneath and bouyant,<br \/>\nIf you can shapeshift into the entire sea who might you be?<\/p>\n<p>So shapeshifting gecko, will you help us?<br \/>\nMe and a Godly cat?<br \/>\nWill you bless us with you infinite carefree ability?<br \/>\nI sure as well hope so<\/p>\n<p>Come in, you are welcome here,<br \/>\nStay while I feed you, your path is more than valid.<br \/>\nGive us space and let us sleep,<br \/>\nAnd we will be able to help one another<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free falling upwards and sideways. Terminal velocity in any direction. My cat is a superhero, He can fly, anywhere in the sky His nemisis is a shapeshifting lizard. Her name is Bubble (probably). Taking the form of funky parts of fundamental particles, She is impossibly small, and cute Whispering just enough so he can&#8217;t sleep. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/the-cat-and-the-gecko\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Cat and the Gecko<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1946"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1952,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946\/revisions\/1952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}