Old wounds come wrapped in shiny new packages.
\nFrom the ribbons and bows, I think: one of those
\nI look back on, it seems, every now, every then.
\nLooks like Christmas was here, all over again.<\/p>\n
An old ghost can dress up in fancy new duds
\nAll dapper and down for a night on the town
\nSporting fresh chains, and a shiny new mask.
\nI was late for that party — oh don’t even ask.<\/p>\n
We all have our secrets, you and I both,
\nThe ones we don’t tell, which is all just as well.
\nI’ve been unwrapping packages, please do not stare.
\nMy heart was inside one, I’m just not sure where.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Old wounds come wrapped in shiny new packages. From the ribbons and bows, I think: one of those I look back on, it seems, every now, every then. Looks like Christmas was here, all over again. An old ghost can dress up in fancy new duds All dapper and down for a night on the … Continue reading “Shiny new packages”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8438,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8436\/revisions\/8438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}