{"id":87373,"date":"2017-02-27T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=87373"},"modified":"2018-12-20T09:50:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T09:50:26","slug":"deep-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/02\/deep-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deep State stretched its paws over the world\u2019s heart;
\nPurred\u2026. Deep State purred in the mind\u2019s mazes, curled
\nIn hidden corners; softened; retracted
\nIts claws\u2026. In the citadels, bell towers,
\nCathedrals, it bided time, it padded
\nAbout, with a ghost\u2019s tread\u2014waiting\u2026. Deep State
\nWrapped its claws around the heart\u2019s mulch,
\nSqueezed\u2026. Blood squirted, oozed\u2026. Death\u2019s cries rattled\u2026.
\n___________________________________<\/p>\n

<\/a>Dr. Gary Steven Corseri is a m<\/em>ember of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment.<\/a> He has published and posted articles, fiction and poems at hundreds of venues, including,<\/em> TMS (Transcend Media Service<\/a>)<\/a>, The New York Times, Village Voice, Redbook Magazine and<\/em> Counterpunch.\u00a0 He has published 2 novels and 2 collections of poetry, and his dramas have been produced on<\/em> PBS-Atlanta and elsewhere.\u00a0 He has performed his poems at the Carter Presidential Library and Museum and has taught in universities in the US and Japan, and in US public schools and prisons.\u00a0 Contact: Gary_Corseri@comcast.net<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deep State stretched its paws over the world\u2019s heart;
\nPurred\u2026. Deep State purred in the mind\u2019s mazes, curled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry-format"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}