{"id":10096,"date":"2023-10-22T00:43:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T00:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/?p=10096"},"modified":"2024-09-14T07:12:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T07:12:10","slug":"the-bottom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/22\/the-bottom\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bottom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-slate-section-image-and-text-cta gpb-slate-image-text gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-equal gb-has-custom-background-color gb-has-custom-text-color gb-columns-center alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:6em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:6em;padding-left:1em;background-color:#ededed;color:#1f1f1f\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/thebottom-v1-e1697935013210.png\" alt=\"Picture of a tavern with empty bar stools\" class=\"wp-image-10097\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column gb-is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:40px;color:#1f1f1f\">The Bottom<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve been to the bottom and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes I leave because they kick me out,<br>other times I get enough sense to leave on my own,<br>but mostly I can\u2019t remember why or how I left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Usually I have to take a cab home,<br>and get my car in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve been to the bottom a lot<br>sometimes I spend days there.<br>I take smoke breaks outside the place<br>which is how I\u2019ve met friends\u2026good friends<br>though I never know when I\u2019ll see them again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I carved my name in the bar stool,<br>change has fallen out of my pockets and is still in the couch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a lot of me there, at the bottom,<br>but I only leave pieces of me<br>I won\u2019t need when it\u2019s time<br>to go back up.<br><br>Craig Hordlow<br>June 24, 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been to the bottom and back.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I leave because they kick me out,<br \/>\nother times I get enough sense to leave on my own,<br \/>\nbut mostly I can\u2019t remember why or how I left.<\/p>\n<p>Usually I have to take a cab home,<br \/>\nand get my car in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been to the bottom a lot<br \/>\nsometimes I spend days there.<br \/>\nI take smoke breaks outside the place<br \/>\nwhich is how I\u2019ve met friends\u2026good friends<br \/>\nthough I never know when I\u2019ll see them again.<\/p>\n<p>I carved my name in the bar stool,<br \/>\nchange has fallen out of my pockets and is still in the couch.<\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of me there, at the bottom,<br \/>\nbut I only leave pieces of me<br \/>\nI won\u2019t need when it\u2019s time<br \/>\nto go back 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