{"id":2522,"date":"2015-10-27T23:04:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T14:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2015-10-28T10:16:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T01:16:08","slug":"persimmon-dreams-the-song-take-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/27\/persimmon-dreams-the-song-take-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Persimmon Dreams, the song &#8212; Take 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons9_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2531 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons9_600.jpg\" alt=\"151025_persimmons9_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been having persimmon dreams for a long time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151026_persimmons_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2539 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151026_persimmons_600.jpg\" alt=\"151026_persimmons_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the first time, though, that I&#8217;ve tried singing about them.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s only Take 1. Well, actually, Take 2,\u00a0in a recording-studio-sort of way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_cosmos_2_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2523\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_cosmos_2_600.jpg\" alt=\"151025_cosmos_2_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>persimmon dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2522-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/141027_PD2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/141027_PD2.mp3\">http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/141027_PD2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Babies born \/ <\/strong><strong>People scorn \/ <\/strong><strong>Emotions worn \/ <\/strong><strong>Hearts all torn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Something sought \/ <\/strong><strong>Too much bought \/ <\/strong><strong>Bad wars fought \/ <\/strong><strong>Nerves all fraught.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Countless tribes \/ <\/strong><strong>Racist vibes \/ <\/strong><strong>Booze imbibed \/ <\/strong><strong>Alibies<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons4_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2527 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons4_600.jpg\" alt=\"151025_persimmons4_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I feel the love \/ <\/strong><strong>Coming through the blue \/ <\/strong><strong>Uh-huh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons7_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2529 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons7_600.jpg\" alt=\"151025_persimmons7_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>I feel the warm \/ <\/strong><strong>Glow of the orange \/ <\/strong><strong>Uh-huh<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_goldenrod_1_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2524 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_goldenrod_1_600.jpg\" alt=\"151025_goldenrod_1_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn by rote \/ <\/strong><strong>Sinking boat \/ <\/strong><strong>Too remote \/ <\/strong><strong>Scared to vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your share? \/ <\/strong><strong>Is it fair? \/ <\/strong><strong>Do you care? \/ <\/strong><strong>Do you dare?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ideas bake \/ <\/strong><strong>All at stake \/ <\/strong><strong>See what\u2019s fake \/ <\/strong><strong>Catch no break.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons6_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2528 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons6_600.jpg\" alt=\"151025_persimmons6_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I feel the love \/ <\/strong><strong>Coming through the blue \/ <\/strong><strong>Uh-huh.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons_2_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2526 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons_2_600.jpg\" alt=\"151025_persimmons_2_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>I feel the warm \/ <\/strong><strong>Glow of the orange \/ <\/strong><strong>Uh-huh.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmon_baby_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2525 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmon_baby_600.jpg\" alt=\"151025_persimmon_baby_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hard to steer \/ <\/strong><strong>Tough veneer \/ <\/strong><strong>Who\u2019s sincere? \/ <\/strong><strong>Why this fear?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hard to hold \/ <\/strong><strong>What\u2019s been sold? \/ <\/strong><strong>Who was told? \/ <\/strong><strong>Awful cold.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Thoughts in reams \/\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Busted seams \/ <\/strong><strong>Vanquished dreams \/ <\/strong><strong>Unheard screams.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_yellow_trumpet_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2535 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_yellow_trumpet_600.jpg\" alt=\"151025_yellow_trumpet_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I feel the love \/ <\/strong><strong>Coming through the blue \/ <\/strong><strong>Uh-huh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons8_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2530 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons8_600.jpg\" alt=\"151025_persimmons8_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>I feel the warm \/ <\/strong><strong>Glow of the orange \/ <\/strong><strong>Uh-huh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons_2_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2526\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151025_persimmons_2_600.jpg\" alt=\"151025_persimmons_2_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>I \/ <\/strong><strong>I \u2026 I \u2026 I \/ <\/strong><strong>I\u2019m having persimmon dreams.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I \/ <\/strong><strong>I \u2026 I \u2026 I \/ <\/strong><strong>I\u2019m having persimmon dreams.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I \/ <\/strong><strong>I \u2026 I \u2026 I \/ <\/strong><strong>I\u2019m having persimmon dreams.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151027_persimmon_baby_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2538 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/151027_persimmon_baby_600.jpg\" alt=\"151027_persimmon_baby_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been having persimmon dreams for a long time. This is the first time, though, that I&#8217;ve tried singing about them. But it&#8217;s only Take 1. Well, actually, Take 2,\u00a0in a recording-studio-sort of way. persimmon dreams Babies born \/ People scorn \/ Emotions worn \/ Hearts all torn Something sought \/ Too much bought \/ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/27\/persimmon-dreams-the-song-take-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Persimmon Dreams, the song &#8212; Take 1<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2522"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2549,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522\/revisions\/2549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}