{"id":6312,"date":"2009-03-05T19:44:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T19:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/?p=6312"},"modified":"2009-03-05T19:54:08","modified_gmt":"2009-03-05T19:54:08","slug":"two-poems-jake-severn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/two-poems-jake-severn\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jake Severn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Reasonable Discussion Of Your Nose<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my opinion that your nose could do well in many situations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could not agree more, it seems very unique.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost Egyptian.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the side, that is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould not the very invocation of Egyptian denote a profile?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne never knows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. I enjoy, anyhow, the way that it slopes down from the top, only to bend and curve as it comes to the tip, which is somewhere between sharp and bulbous. Not too much of either.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the standards of the everyday nose, it could be considered long, but by no means intrusive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo means.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly attractive.  I think that has been established, but I cannot tell from this angle alone. Here, turn your head a bit to the right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeautiful. The nostrils are long and thin, gentle and elegant. You look to be in perfect health.  Perhaps you sing in a choir, though your mouth appears rather small.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould you close it please, dear?  The froth accumulating on your lower lip detracts from our subject.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorrect.  Oh, and we must discuss its color.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt appears to be a healthy, olive shade, to match the rest of the face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I imagine that this would suggest that you are a healthy individual. Does such a conclusion end our study?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a slight concern regarding a small blemish I see forming on the upper right side.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat I did not notice.  I cannot see that area from where I stand.  You should have mentioned it sooner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, it is only minor, and it should be considered that blemishes are to be expected, especially at your age.  I am referring now to our subject.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the blemish is given proper care, I see no problem. Even a large blemish could not distract from the nose&#8217;s superb construction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt stands apart from the rest of the body.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour parents must be proud.  What mother and father could beget such a marvelous nose?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd are they still alive?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter, the nose is magnificent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think that Jake is a safe person to be around<br \/>\nbecause Jake won&#8217;t rip you off<br \/>\nor use forceful language<br \/>\nwhen it is clearly not needed.  He<br \/>\ncan lend you 28 dollars and<br \/>\nask you how was your weekend<br \/>\nbefore he asks<br \/>\nif you have the money to pay him back.<br \/>\nOften, Jake will accept installment payments.<\/p>\n<p>To be around Jake is to feel<br \/>\nthat you will always be secure<br \/>\nas far as your finances are concerned. This is not to say<br \/>\nthat Jake will always have 28 dollars<br \/>\nto lend you if you are in a bind. He is not rich,<br \/>\nthough his parents do live in a two-story home<br \/>\nin a quiet suburban neighborhood outside Seattle, WA<br \/>\nwhere property values are rising.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jake_severn4.jpg\" alt=\"jake_severn4\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jake_severn4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jake_severn4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Jake Severn<\/strong> is the author of the <em>X^2 \/ Y = 0, But Potential Energy Still Remains<\/em> (Small Anchor Press) and is responsible for the art zine EAGLE HUNTER 2012. He lives in Seattle WA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jake_severn2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"jake_severn2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6335\" align=\"right\" border=\"solid black 1px\" \/> \u201cIt is my opinion that your nose could do well in many situations.\u201d\u009d<br \/>\n\u201cI could not agree more, it seems very unique.\u201d\u009d<br \/>\n\u201cAlmost Egyptian.\u201d\u009d<br \/>\n\u201cFrom the side, that is.\u201d\u009d<br \/>\n\u201cShould not the very invocation of Egyptian denote a profile?\u201d\u009d<br \/>\n\u201cOne never knows.\u201d\u009d<br \/>\n\u201cYes. I enjoy, anyhow, the way that it slopes down from the top, only to bend and curve as it comes to the tip, which is somewhere between sharp and bulbous. Not too much of either.\u201d\u009d<br \/>\n\u201cBy the standards of the everyday nose, it could be considered long, but by no means intrusive.\u201d\u009d<br \/>\n&#8220;No means.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By <strong>Jake Severn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}