{"id":5890,"date":"2022-11-17T14:55:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T09:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sauvikbiswas.com\/?page_id=5890"},"modified":"2022-11-17T14:58:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T09:28:14","slug":"jars-of-blueberry-jam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sauvikbiswas.com\/wp\/jars-of-blueberry-jam\/","title":{"rendered":"Jars of Blueberry Jam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Every week at farmer\u2019s market\nShe sets her bench with jars for sale\nBlueberry jam on a blue tarp\nCome rain or shine or snow or hail.\n\nThirty winters perfected her\nRecipe\u2014consistent, precise.\nBlueberry jam sealed in her jars\u2014\nShe sells them at nominal price.\n\n\u201cMy boy is doing well in school.\nMy boy has topped his class this time,\u201d\nSeventeen years ago she said\nWith pride that caused her eyes to shine.\n\nThe blue-eyed boy that she once raised\nWith money earned from blueberry jam,\nHe studied well and ripened sweet;\nGrew up to be a splendid man.\n\n\u201cMy boy is off to college now.\u201d\nShe met him once he moved to town\nAt farmer\u2019s market every week,\nWhile he worked hard for hat and gown.\n\nDesires blossomed in his blue eyes\nAs visions of a prosperous place.\n\u201cI will sail and settle one day\nAnd earn myself a name and face.\u201d\n\nGreener pastures ten years ago\nLured him far from his countryside.\nA gift\u2014a phone\u2014he sent back home\u2014\nShe talked with him until it died.\n\nEroding smile, corroding shoes,\nHardened palms begged for care.\nSummer dried up her stream of cash.\nHer blue silk robes were left threadbare.\n\nCrumbling plaster patterns her house\nIt\u2019s skeleton held by aching joints.\nThat thatch of dry blueberry shrubs\u2014\nHoles in canopy disappoints.\n\nSix years have passed, no words were heard.\nHer wishful words amidst no signs,\n\u201cMy boy is a man of the world\nHe must be happy, must be fine.\u201d\n\nEvery week at farmer\u2019s market\nShe sets her shop, come rain or hail.\nHoles in blue tarp sure disappoints\nHer weathered bench with jars for sale.\n\nHer prayers for a blue-eyed boy\nBeyond blue oceans\u2014lives, survives.\nBlueberry jam trapped in her jars\nEntraps her hopes, seals them alive.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Notes:<\/em><\/strong> I stumbled upon this piece in my folder. I had written it in 2021. I am not sure of the exact day or month, though.  \u2014<em>S.B. (17.11.2022)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week at farmer\u2019s market She sets her bench with jars for sale Blueberry jam on a blue tarp Come rain or shine or snow or hail. Thirty winters perfected her Recipe\u2014consistent, precise. Blueberry jam sealed in her jars\u2014 She sells them at nominal price. \u201cMy boy is doing well in school. My boy has &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sauvikbiswas.com\/wp\/jars-of-blueberry-jam\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[700],"tags":[701],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"page","2":"publish","3":"author-sauvik","4":"post-5890","6":"category-works","7":"post_tag-poetry"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sauvikbiswas.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sauvikbiswas.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sauvikbiswas.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sauvikbiswas.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sauvikbiswas.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sauvikbiswas.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5892,"href":"https:\/\/sauvikbiswas.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5890\/revisions\/5892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sauvikbiswas.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sauvikbiswas.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sauvikbiswas.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}