Pennies don’t go bad from mere
\nExposure to the air;
\nThey need immersion–turbid, warm–
\nAnd gentle, cruel care.
\nDon’t let their tarnish verdigrize.
\nDon’t keep it bright or clean,
\nBut mold it, topiarylike,
\nInto a thing of green
\nAnd verdant, fertile, grasping hands
\nImpossible to sate.
\nThen turn them loose in pocket change
\nAnd watch them propagate:
\nEach zinced-out copper currencette
\nWill sow discord and strife
\nAnd reap a feast of misery
\nFrom someone’s ruined life.
\nDon’t act surprised to see it work,
\nYou who set loose the flood.
\nThere’s a reason, after all,
\nThat pennies taste of blood.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pennies don’t go bad from mere Exposure to the air; They need immersion–turbid, warm– And gentle, cruel care. Don’t let their tarnish verdigrize. Don’t keep it bright or clean, But mold it, topiarylike, Into a thing of green And verdant, fertile, grasping hands Impossible to sate. Then turn them loose in pocket change And watch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/anacrusis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/anacrusis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/anacrusis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/anacrusis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/anacrusis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3841"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/anacrusis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3844,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/anacrusis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841\/revisions\/3844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/anacrusis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/anacrusis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/anacrusis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}