{"id":1167,"date":"2021-10-01T12:33:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T19:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2021-10-01T16:15:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T23:15:24","slug":"the-bouncer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/10\/01\/the-bouncer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bouncer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

The Bouncer<\/strong><\/p>\n

You keep
\nshowing up
\nat the Doorway
\nTo the Mystery
\nwearing
\nthe wrong
\nclothes.<\/p>\n

You heard
\nthat\u2019s where
\nThe Good Stuff
\nis, but the
\nBouncer won\u2019t
\nmove aside.<\/p>\n

The Music and
\nthe Poetry and
\nthe Stories and
\nthe Dancing
\nbeckon you,<\/p>\n

but you\u2019re
\nwearing
\nthe wrong
\nclothes.<\/p>\n

Yesterday
\nyou showed up
\ndressed as
\nThe Man
\nWho Wasted
\nHis Life.<\/p>\n

One time
\nyou showed up
\nwearing your
\n\u201cI\u2019ll Never
\nGet It Done\u201d
\ncostume.<\/p>\n

This morning
\nyou were
\nturned away
\nbecause you
\ninsisted on
\nwearing
\nthat ridiculous
\n\u201cI\u2019m Too Old\u201d
\ngetup,
\nmoving along
\nlike you were
\nmade of slowly
\ndrying
\ncement.<\/p>\n

Listen to me:<\/p>\n

Try appearing
\nat the Doorway
\nTo the Mystery
\nas Your Self,
\nin that
\nblack hoody
\nand those cat hair
\ncovered sweatpants.<\/p>\n

No costumes.<\/p>\n

And tell the
\nBouncer
\nyou were born
\nin The Mystery.<\/p>\n

Watch him
\nstep aside
\nand wave
\nyou
\nin.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Abhay Singh; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The Bouncer You keep showing up at the Doorway To the Mystery wearing the wrong clothes. You heard that\u2019s where The Good Stuff is, but the Bouncer won\u2019t move aside. The Music and the Poetry and the Stories and the Dancing beckon you, but you\u2019re wearing the wrong clothes. Yesterday you showed up dressed […]<\/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-1167","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