{"id":14039,"date":"2012-10-04T10:30:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T17:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=14039"},"modified":"2013-01-21T07:31:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:31:54","slug":"that-door-in-your-forehead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/10\/04\/that-door-in-your-forehead\/","title":{"rendered":"That Door in Your Forehead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11429\" title=\"WritingVancouver_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/WritingVancouver_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>That Door in Your Forehead<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>by Daggar Earnshaw<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here are your eyes<br \/>\npoured into sockets<br \/>\nbeaten eggs<br \/>\nmilk and pus<\/p>\n<p>Slide your wet hands<br \/>\ninto our 2-slice toaster<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve set it on \u201cbagels<br \/>\n&#8211; a roomy convenience<\/p>\n<p>Twist this rubber car<br \/>\ntil it bleeds gasoline<br \/>\na cup of black petrol<br \/>\nis your coffee today<\/p>\n<p>And where are the kids?<br \/>\nPointing their fingers<br \/>\nin the pencil sharpener<br \/>\nswallowing batteries<br \/>\n&#8211; glowing in the dark<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve come so far<br \/>\njust to make you<br \/>\nfeel at home<br \/>\nAt least invite us in<br \/>\nbehind that door<br \/>\nin your forehead<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Daggar Earnshaw<\/strong> is a writer and artist, and publisher of the periodical DEWL Exhaust (Downtown Eastside Writers League.) He has served as the official Gastown Steam Clock T-shirt painter for seven years, and his work The Crown of Transpar was part of an Act of the Book exhibition at the Vancouver Public Library. He is a contributor to the anthology V6A: Writing from Vancouver\u2019s Downtown Eastside. He lives in Vancouver, where he was born.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; That Door in Your Forehead by Daggar Earnshaw Here are your eyes poured into sockets beaten eggs milk and pus Slide your wet hands into our 2-slice toaster We&#8217;ve set it on \u201cbagels &#8211; a roomy convenience Twist this rubber car til it bleeds gasoline a cup of black petrol is your coffee today<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/10\/04\/that-door-in-your-forehead\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;That Door in Your Forehead&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11232],"tags":[10217,10221,10218,5407,10216,10220,214,10219,557],"class_list":["post-14039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-daggar-earnshaw","tag-downtown-eastside-writers-league","tag-gastown-steam","tag-official","tag-rubber-car-til","tag-t-shirt-painter","tag-vancouver-2","tag-writer-and-artist","tag-writing-vancouver"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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