{"id":2275,"date":"2023-11-26T20:31:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2275"},"modified":"2023-11-28T23:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T23:09:04","slug":"the-watcher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/the-poems\/the-watcher\/","title":{"rendered":"The watcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The watcher<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on January 16, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t see him in the shadows<br \/>\nYet you know that he is there,<br \/>\nEver silent, ever watchful,<br \/>\nFor a moment unaware.<\/p>\n<p>Never think that you have passed him,<br \/>\nHe can see you anywhere,<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s the watcher in the darkness,<br \/>\nAlways far from spotlight glare.<\/p>\n<p>In city street at midday,<br \/>\nAt a crowded country fair,<br \/>\nHe may mark your every movement<br \/>\nWaiting till you look elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no way you can avoid him<br \/>\nMore tenacious than a bear.<br \/>\nHe can scent the slightest weakness<br \/>\nWhen your bravery will tear.<\/p>\n<p>All the terror that can grip you<br \/>\nWhen no sound is in the air,<br \/>\nIs the echo of his presence,<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s the terror we all share.<\/p>\n<p>Every person on his hit-list<br \/>\nCannot know that they are there,<br \/>\nBut it&#8217;s certain he is watching<br \/>\nAnd he holds you in his stare.<\/p>\n<p>Just close one eye when sleeping<br \/>\nAnd be thankful you&#8217;ve a pair,<br \/>\nFor the lurker in the shadows<br \/>\nCan attack from anywhere!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The watcher by cricketjeff on January 16, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved You don&#8217;t see him in the shadows Yet you know that he is there, Ever silent, ever watchful, For a moment unaware. Never think that you have passed him, He can see you anywhere, He&#8217;s the watcher in the darkness, Always [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9742,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2275","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9233,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2275\/revisions\/9233"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}