{"id":1024,"date":"2021-07-30T08:34:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2021-07-30T08:45:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:45:23","slug":"pokemon-satori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/07\/30\/pokemon-satori\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon Satori"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Pokemon Satori<\/strong><\/p>\n

Walking from
\nthe car to the
\nMarine Science Center,
\nwith the
\ngrandsons,
\neight and five.<\/p>\n

Who have insisted
\nthey must be
\nallowed to bring
\nPsyduck and Scorbunny,
\ntheir Pokemon
\ncomfort creatures,
\nwhich they
\nclutch
\nwith determined
\nferocity.<\/p>\n

I concede,
\nnot wishing
\nto have my
\ngrandparenting
\nlicense
\nrevoked.
\nBut
\nknowing
\nfull well<\/p>\n

I will soon be
\nthe designated
\ncarrier,
\nas the boys
\nscamper
\nin a dozen
\ndirections
\nto view the
\noctopus and
\nother denizens of
\nbriny tanks and
\ntidepools.<\/p>\n

I lose sight
\nof them and
\nhope
\ngrandma is on
\ntracking duty.<\/p>\n

Now there are
\nlooks askance
\nand
\nside-eyed
\nglances<\/p>\n

at the old dude
\nwho apparently
\ncarries
\nstuffed animals
\nfor security
\npurposes.<\/p>\n

My heart throbs
\nwith joy
\nas I realize
\nthat being seen
\nas a man
\nwho would
\nsaunter about
\nbrazenly hugging
\ntoy creatures,
\nfor mysterious
\nreasons,
\nand wallowing
\nin delight
\nabout the
\nfurtive attention,
\nprobably means
\nI have attained<\/p>\n

Pokemon Satori.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Sue Gillard)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Pokemon Satori Walking from the car to the Marine Science Center, with the grandsons, eight and five. Who have insisted they must be allowed to bring Psyduck and Scorbunny, their Pokemon comfort creatures, which they clutch with determined ferocity. I concede, not wishing to have my grandparenting license revoked. But knowing full well I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t