{"id":2980,"date":"2016-04-18T00:50:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T00:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2980"},"modified":"2016-04-18T00:50:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T00:50:19","slug":"a-note-about-chi-chi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/a-note-about-chi-chi\/","title":{"rendered":"A Note About Chi Chi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"flower\"<\/h1>\n

by Dustin Lowman<\/p>\n

I remember seeing Chi Chi on the couch
\ncurled up into a diagonal oval
\ncurled up there all neat and simple
\nand I remember thinking: \u2018well you know
\nit\u2019s the simple human goal
\njust to find a space to carve out for yourself
\nin this world, have the ability to curl up on the sofa
\nand feel alright about yourself.\u2019
\nSo in one way I\u2019m a great reductionist,
\nand in another way I\u2019m a great egotist.
\nI want to conquer the world.
\nBut I have to have Chi Chi by my side.
\nIf I don\u2019t have her there, my elliptical friend,
\nthen I may as well be some campy dictator
\nfiring a thousand dead weapons
\npolishing a thousand blind windows.
\nNothing has inherent structure, and only
\nthe still point extends. But I swear that Chi Chi
\ncould make my heart a golden blossom
\nby the way she makes it mean something
\nto lay down sideways.<\/p>\n

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I am Dustin Lowman. I live in Nashville, TN, and I write poems and songs. Most of my conception of myself is tied up in what I write in my poems and songs, and I have a lot of fun doing it. I\u2019ve never been published before, but my only real dream beyond having a sustainably happy existence is to make my own language-beauty, which I suppose is intertwined thickly with a sustainably happy existence. I hope you\u2019re treating everyone well, and I hope everything\u2019s good on your end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am Dustin Lowman. I live in Nashville, TN, and I write poems and songs. Most of my conception of myself is tied up in what I write in my poems and songs, and I have a lot of fun doing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poem"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t