{"id":6040,"date":"2026-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/?p=6040"},"modified":"2026-04-01T00:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:20:51","slug":"single-mothers-after-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/single-mothers-after-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Mothers After Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">I lie in bed no sleep in sight<br>More awake with the moon than I was with the sun<br>The next day closer than the last<br>Shows that hold no mysteries to me whispering in the background<br>Craving things that my mind wants<br>But that my body will regret<br>Cheddar Chex Mix<br>Reese\u2019s Cups<br>A man<br>The candle\u2019s flame dances in the distance<br>Releasing a painfully nostalgic aroma<br>I was once just a woman<br>I took 45-minute showers<br>Survived off saltines and ramen<br>Had nightly meetings with Mary Jane<br>No side-stepping Lego landmines<br>Or llamas in pajamas<br>So now the moon and I<br>We enjoy the stillness of the night<br>My time becomes my own<br>My name is nonexistent<br>My space is substantial<br>My peace is protected<br>Tomorrow I may be slow to wake<br>Tonight, I have no regrets<br>I smile<br>I laugh<br>I remember<br>I hope<br>For just 10 more minutes<br>Or maybe 15<br>Before I know it<br>Tomorrow will come all too soon<br>And this time I have<br>It can only come with the moon<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I lie in bed no sleep in sightMore awake with the moon than I was with the sunThe next day closer than the lastShows that hold no mysteries to me whispering in the backgroundCraving things that my mind wantsBut that my body will regretCheddar Chex MixReese\u2019s CupsA manThe candle\u2019s flame dances in the distanceReleasing a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"art_contributors":[],"literary_contributors":[469],"class_list":["post-6040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","literary_contributors-wade-nataya"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6041,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6040\/revisions\/6041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6040"},{"taxonomy":"art_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/art_contributors?post=6040"},{"taxonomy":"literary_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_contributors?post=6040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}