{"id":708,"date":"2026-04-22T19:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elijahcarbajal.com\/?p=708"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:59:39","slug":"a-knife-in-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elijahcarbajal.com\/?p=708","title":{"rendered":"Knife in the Road (poetry)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b67909ae88899da494908a948c9fc2e4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">It wasn&#8217;t supposed to be this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8ccdc304ed53b4d107d8b93e48d724da wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">But then <em><strong>tha<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>t<\/em> <\/strong>happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5a4c4071f098024d86d59a5b27017be4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">Now it has to be this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7b7e55d07b522d22990c6b4af4486bea wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">It wasn&#8217;t up for discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eb68571841c187b9e54eaca3d9708985 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">It required careful consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f06ed38ca88988522d7bebd37efcbbc5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">We ran heart first into the knife in the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It wasn&#8217;t supposed to be this way. But then that happened. Now it has to be this way. It wasn&#8217;t up for discussion. It required careful consideration. 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