{"id":4626,"date":"2024-04-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/?p=4626"},"modified":"2024-04-30T14:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T20:07:20","slug":"prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2024-archive\/prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We are puppets to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your systems. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Our only qualification<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is to be the number that<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--ek-indent:20px\" class=\"has-ek-indent\">Satisfies your &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; minority quota defenseless<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--ek-indent:20px\" class=\"has-ek-indent\">Without &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; our heartless haven<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--ek-indent:20px\" class=\"has-ek-indent\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You shoot us&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in the streets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--ek-indent:20px\" class=\"has-ek-indent\">Not because of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; our words or ideals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--ek-indent:20px\" class=\"has-ek-indent\">But by a &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; variation of color<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forgetting &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that the pavement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is stained by the same dark hue<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; As we hold our<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fathers,&nbsp;&nbsp; mothers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sons,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; daughters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sisters&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and brothers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;arms at the hour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; Of their death. We<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cling to Our Lady\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cloak. Asking not for<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her to      crush your head<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for your conversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We petition her for another<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guadalupe, <em>Mother<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Unite us like you<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Did before. Show<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>them how a mixed-race<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Can be Miraculous.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We are puppets to Your systems. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Our only qualification &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is to be the number that Satisfies your &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; minority quota defenseless Without &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; our heartless haven &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You shoot us&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in the streets Not because of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; our words or ideals But by a &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; variation of color Forgetting &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"art_contributors":[],"literary_contributors":[360],"class_list":["post-4626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","literary_contributors-dunn-cristian"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2024-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2024-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2024-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2024-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2024-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4626"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2024-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4983,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2024-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626\/revisions\/4983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2024-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2024-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2024-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4626"},{"taxonomy":"art_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2024-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/art_contributors?post=4626"},{"taxonomy":"literary_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2024-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_contributors?post=4626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}