{"id":1064,"date":"2023-11-29T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/?page_id=1064"},"modified":"2023-11-29T13:18:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T13:18:02","slug":"metamorphoses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/metamorphoses\/","title":{"rendered":"Metamorphoses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:32px\"><strong>Metamorphoses<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">\u2013 A Short Story by Elaine Desmond<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sprigs_leaf1-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-351\" style=\"width:103px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sprigs_leaf1-4.png 290w, https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sprigs_leaf1-4-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-theme-palette-8-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:34%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<p><strong>Excerpt from &#8220;Metamorphoses&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was it then.&nbsp; There could be no reprieve. &nbsp;It was over.&nbsp; Stopped with the finality of a defective watch.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pankaj crossed the street, scarcely aware of the horns of auto-rickshaws honking like over-excited geese.&nbsp; Their drivers shouted at him, making frenzied signals with their arms, nimbly swerving on three wheels to avoid him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He joined the throbbing mass of bodies pushing forward in the dusty heat. 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He felt numb and invisible, a non-person, looking down on himself, struggling to find his reflection in this unheeding throng.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He might as well have been an ant, he thought\u2026but he was far too aimless for that now.&nbsp; Ants, after all, had purpose.&nbsp; His had just been stopped in its tracks, removed out of existence, an empty shell for whom time had ceased being measured in heart-beats.&nbsp; For whom time had ceased.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metamorphoses \u2013 A Short Story by Elaine Desmond Excerpt from &#8220;Metamorphoses&#8221; That was it then.&nbsp; There could be no reprieve. &nbsp;It was over.&nbsp; Stopped with the finality of a defective watch.&nbsp; &nbsp; Pankaj crossed the street, scarcely aware of the horns of auto-rickshaws honking like over-excited geese.&nbsp; Their drivers shouted at him, making frenzied signals&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1064","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1067,"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1064\/revisions\/1067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}