{"id":10251,"date":"2016-03-11T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=10251"},"modified":"2016-02-26T12:32:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T12:32:55","slug":"william-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/william-ford\/","title":{"rendered":"William Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doors of Perception<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, upon your wise decision<br \/>\nTo purchase your Doors of Perception<br \/>\nFrom Ikea<\/p>\n<p>Although there are no specific rules about<br \/>\nHow to use your Doors of Perception,<br \/>\nWe are legally, morally, ethically<br \/>\nAnd metaphysically bound, to advise<br \/>\nA certain level of dedication on your part<br \/>\nTo ensuring the hinges<br \/>\nAttaching your Doors of Perception<br \/>\nTo the wall between the physical<br \/>\nAnd non-physical planes of existence<br \/>\nAre kept well lubricated.<\/p>\n<p>Unless these hinges are properly maintained,<br \/>\nThere is a serious risk that eventually<br \/>\nYour Doors of Perception will become stuck<br \/>\nIn either the open<br \/>\nOr closed position.<\/p>\n<p>Permanently open<br \/>\nOr permanently closed<br \/>\nDoors of Perception<br \/>\nMay be hazardous<br \/>\nTo your body, mind<br \/>\nAnd relationships.<\/p>\n<p>This may be because<br \/>\nPermanently open Doors of Perception<br \/>\nMay constantly flood you<br \/>\nWith incessant mental stimulation<br \/>\nAt the expense of a solid sense of Self Identity<br \/>\nPermanently closed Doors of Perception<br \/>\nMay result in you becoming set in your ways<br \/>\nFixed in your views, and so unshakeable<br \/>\nIn your Prejudices<br \/>\nThat you find it impossible to communicate<br \/>\nWith anyone who does not share them.<\/p>\n<p>Ideally, you should be able to open<br \/>\nAnd close your Doors of Perception<br \/>\nAs you see fit<br \/>\nThey will last you a lifetime<br \/>\nWhether you maintain them or not<\/p>\n<p>But while we at Ikea<br \/>\nAppreciate your custom<br \/>\nWe cannot accept any responsibility<br \/>\nFor any negative consequences<br \/>\nArising from you ignoring<br \/>\nOur Consumer advice<br \/>\nRegarding your Doors of Perception<\/p>\n<p>Because without the Proper use<br \/>\nOf the appropriate lubrication<br \/>\nYour Doors of Perception<br \/>\nOr indeed, you<br \/>\nMay become<br \/>\nUnhinged<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>William Ford<\/strong> is a poet, spoken word performer, event organiser and host who experiments with words to surprise himself and (hopefully) others with poems of varying length and spoken word in various voices. More details can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willdeanford.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.willdeanford.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Doors of Perception Congratulations, upon your wise decision To purchase your Doors of Perception From Ikea Although there are no specific rules about How to use your Doors of Perception, We are legally, morally, ethically And metaphysically bound, to advise A certain level of dedication on your part To ensuring the hinges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10251"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10254,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10251\/revisions\/10254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}