{"id":2842,"date":"2011-06-28T04:21:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T08:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zyracuse.com\/?p=2842"},"modified":"2011-06-28T20:35:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T00:35:31","slug":"hide-and-seek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zyracuse.com\/?p=2842","title":{"rendered":"Hide and Seek"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a child playing hide and seek, Rhine never could have known.<\/p>\n

That one day the prize at stake would be a life, his very own.<\/p>\n

You need a spot, a hidden spot, quickly it must be found.<\/p>\n

It must be perfect, it must be right, the hunters will be around.<\/p>\n

They have arrived; they know you\u2019re close, because they can smell your fear.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t make a noise, don\u2019t you dare breathe, for they will surely hear.<\/p>\n

But you must breathe, and so you inhale the slowest breath you\u2019ll ever take.<\/p>\n

Breathe in deep and slowly let go, because the silence mustn\u2019t break.<\/p>\n

So long ago, you played this game, some fun to pass the day.<\/p>\n

Not knowing that, this very day, death is hunting you, so pray.<\/p>\n

They are at the door, your spot is found, their moans convey their hate.<\/p>\n

For Rhine\u2019s small squad, five men in all, death was at the gate.<\/p>\n

The door caves in, splintered wood and nails, there is no place else to hide.<\/p>\n

Rifle muzzles flash, the message is clear, \u201cSorry Zack, we won\u2019t abide\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a child playing hide and seek, Rhine never could have known. That one day the prize at stake would be a life, his very own. You need a spot, a hidden spot, quickly it must be found. It must be perfect, it must be right, the hunters will be around. They have arrived; they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":924,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-incomplete-drafts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pemv8-JQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zyracuse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zyracuse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zyracuse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zyracuse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/924"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zyracuse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2842"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zyracuse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2846,"href":"https:\/\/zyracuse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842\/revisions\/2846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zyracuse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zyracuse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zyracuse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}