{"id":5721,"date":"2026-05-20T06:59:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T06:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/?p=5721"},"modified":"2026-05-20T06:59:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T06:59:42","slug":"she-talks-to-me-from-the-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/she-talks-to-me-from-the-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"She Talks to Me From the Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

I knew Vivian in high school when she
\nwas a fun and studious girl.<\/p>\n

I had a crush on her, and felt she had
\na crush on me,<\/p>\n

but we never really got to know
\neach other,<\/p>\n

like a might-have-been or a love
\nlost.<\/p>\n

After graduation, at a post-high school party
\nthat I was unable to attend,<\/p>\n

she got drunk for the first time, and on the
\nway home,<\/p>\n

she lost control of her car and died instantly
\nwhen she plowed into a semi-trailer truck.<\/p>\n

Now I see Vivian in occasional dreams,
\ntelling me she misses me<\/p>\n

and saying we\u2019ll be together soon, which,
\nI must confess, scares the hell out of me.<\/p>\n

Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I knew Vivian in high school when she was a fun and studious girl. I had a crush on her, and felt she had a crush on me, but we never really got to know each other, like a might-have-been or a love lost. After graduation, at a post-high school party that I was unable… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}