{"id":414871,"date":"2024-10-16T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=414871"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"When-in-the-mood-for-solitude-didactic-doggerel-from-Batbon-s-Brane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/When-in-the-mood-for-solitude-didactic-doggerel-from-Batbon-s-Brane\/","title":{"rendered":"When in the mood for solitude (didactic doggerel from Batbon\u2019s Brane)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen a man knows the solitude of silence, and feels the joy of quietness he is then free from fear and sin.\u201d<strong><em>\u2014Buddha<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some feel screwed get the blues then go get tattooed<\/p>\n<p>some bulk up on sweet and salty snacks and fried food<\/p>\n<p>I drink watered down whiskey and get slightly stewed<\/p>\n<p>then walk down to a beach where lovers are wooed<\/p>\n<p>some couch potatoes stay home with eyes on TV glued<\/p>\n<p>some without agoraphobia will travel and not elude<\/p>\n<p>seeing Michelangelo\u2019s marble statue David in the nude<\/p>\n<p>most avoid lying politicians who act in a manner rude<\/p>\n<p>or listen to those who have no moral integrity aptitude<\/p>\n<p>stay away from friends who are not in a loving mood<\/p>\n<p>and those who resort to troubles by taking a Quaalude<\/p>\n<p>skip those online cyber sites that are most ballyhooed<\/p>\n<p>don\u2019t let the consumption of drugs and alcohol delude<\/p>\n<p>walking in solitude can be your own blessed beatitude.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the words on solitude attributed to Buddha<\/p>\n<p>try and avoid saying I shoulda or sure wish I woulda<\/p>\n<p>try and find some time and place by yourself alone<\/p>\n<p>specifically without using any TV or your cell phone<\/p>\n<p>think I can and will do it daily admit I always coulda.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/51ec1f1100d5d7eea9228e5f43276c9f.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joey aka &#8220;Pepe Batbon&#8221; Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen a man knows the solitude of silence, and feels the joy of quietness he&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}