{"id":2799,"date":"2015-09-26T17:40:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T17:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2015-09-26T17:41:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T17:41:10","slug":"who-runs-the-asylum-a-poem-by-thomas-leroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/?p=2799","title":{"rendered":"Who Runs the Asylum?  by Thomas LeRoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/asylum-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/asylum-04-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"asylum-04\" width=\"512\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/asylum-04-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/asylum-04.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Who runs the asylum?<br \/>\nBent upon the edge,<br \/>\nWho scatters the dreams?<br \/>\nLeft upon the ledge.<\/p>\n<p>Who tastes the evil?<br \/>\nRipe upon the tongue,<br \/>\nWho warns the weary,<br \/>\nUpon the broken rung.<\/p>\n<p>Who sings the song?<br \/>\nAs madness tempts the fools,<br \/>\nA step into the dark,<br \/>\nAs phantoms break the rules.<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s voice is stifled?<br \/>\nAs they scream in fear,<br \/>\nWho bleeds the most?<br \/>\nAs you remove the spear.<\/p>\n<p>Who scars the night?<br \/>\nA streak across the sky,<br \/>\nWho laughs the loudest,<br \/>\nOn that day you die?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Who runs the asylum? Bent upon the edge, Who scatters the dreams? Left upon the ledge. Who tastes the evil? Ripe upon the tongue, Who warns the weary, Upon the broken rung. Who sings the song? As madness tempts the fools, A step into the dark, As phantoms break the rules. Who&#8217;s voice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[226,228,231],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BLIO-J9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2799"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2802,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions\/2802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}