{"id":420,"date":"2011-08-01T14:21:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T21:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sarahbullion.com\/site\/?p=420"},"modified":"2014-05-15T23:02:11","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T06:02:11","slug":"cutting-bait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahbullion.com\/site\/cutting-bait\/","title":{"rendered":"cutting bait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I roll us over<br \/>\nOnto your back<br \/>\nI look into your eyes<br \/>\nSky blue crystal<br \/>\nAnd I tell you how I feel<br \/>\n\u201cI love you.\u201d<br \/>\nAnd I know it\u2019s true because<br \/>\nI want to cry<br \/>\nYou smile and kiss me<br \/>\n\u201cI love you, too, sweetheart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And I know I won\u2019t come<br \/>\nAnd I suspect we\u2019re through<\/p>\n<p>Your phone rings<br \/>\nYou let it go to voicemail<br \/>\n\u201cI don\u2019t suppose we can have dinner together.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cYeah, I gotta go be Single Dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I take a deep breath<br \/>\nAnd roll on my back<br \/>\nAnd stare at the ceiling<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-472\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sarahbullion.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/EmptyBed.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"EmptyBed\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sarahbullion.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/EmptyBed.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sarahbullion.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/EmptyBed.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sarahbullion.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/EmptyBed.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For a while you continue to stroke my body<br \/>\nIn those long, soft gestures<br \/>\nThat would make me purr<br \/>\nIf I didn\u2019t know you were<br \/>\nAlready gone<br \/>\n\u201cYeah, you should go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And I roll away<\/p>\n<p>The pain in my stomach<\/p>\n<p>The pain in my stomach<br \/>\nTells me I love you<br \/>\nAnd tells me<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re done<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I roll us over Onto your back I look into your eyes Sky blue crystal And I tell you how I feel \u201cI love you.\u201d And I know it\u2019s true because I want to cry You smile and kiss me \u201cI love you, too, sweetheart.\u201d And I know I won\u2019t come And I suspect we\u2019re &hellip; 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