{"id":1042,"date":"2014-11-04T14:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T14:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2014-11-04T14:30:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T14:30:28","slug":"cause-the-death-of-some-things-shouldnt-be-destine-to-be-retro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=1042","title":{"rendered":"\u2018cause  ~  the death of some things shouldn&#8217;t be destine to be retro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/228902_267138519966780_5764734_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/228902_267138519966780_5764734_n.jpg\" alt=\"228902_267138519966780_5764734_n\" width=\"117\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>when I got those wire-rimmed glasses<br \/>\nthe kind with transitional lenses<br \/>\nI didn\u2019t care or give a damn\u2026\u2026<br \/>\nabout the loss<br \/>\nthe symbolic death<br \/>\nof my grotesque looking<br \/>\nblack rimmed glasses<br \/>\nwithout hesitation or even remorse<br \/>\nfor having to wear them<br \/>\nfor what seemed like\u2026\u2026<br \/>\nfifteen years in the bowels of hell<br \/>\nI quickly doomed them forever<br \/>\nto the tomb \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 the bottom of<br \/>\nmy sock drawer<\/p>\n<p>I swear \u2026\u2026 \u00a0I did not mourn<br \/>\ntheir demise for 15 years<br \/>\nnor will I miss them for eternity<br \/>\nregardless if \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 immortalized<br \/>\nby the legendary\u2026\u2026. \u00a0Ray Orbison<br \/>\nand Buddy Holly<br \/>\nor someway \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 somehow<br \/>\nthoughtlessly resurrected<br \/>\nfrom the unstylish grave<\/p>\n<p>\u2018cause \u00a0~ \u00a0the death of some things<br \/>\nshouldn&#8217;t be destine to be retro<\/p>\n<p>I thank the creator of contacts<br \/>\nand frameless eyeglasses<\/p>\n<p>Words by \u00a0~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>when I got those wire-rimmed glasses the kind with transitional lenses I didn\u2019t care or give a damn\u2026\u2026 about the loss the symbolic death of my grotesque looking black rimmed glasses without hesitation or even remorse for having to wear them for what seemed like\u2026\u2026 fifteen years in the bowels of hell I quickly doomed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=1042\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u2018cause  ~  the death of some things shouldn&#8217;t be destine to be retro&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordimagerystyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1044,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions\/1044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}