{"id":1175,"date":"2021-10-05T12:42:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T19:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2021-10-15T17:43:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T00:43:35","slug":"clown-car-of-camaraderie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/10\/05\/clown-car-of-camaraderie\/","title":{"rendered":"Clown Car of Camaraderie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Clown Car of Camaraderie<\/strong><\/p>\n

If I was in a
\nconfessional,
\nI would say<\/p>\n

forgive me,
\nCreator of
\nAll That Is,
\nfor I have
\nsinned.<\/p>\n

I have made you
\ninto a stern
\nand frightful
\nparent,
\ncarrying a rod,
\nlest you spoil
\nthis errant
\nchild.<\/p>\n

I have feared
\nyou,
\nwhich I
\ntwisted into
\nfear of the
\nUnknown,
\nthe great
\nKiller of
\nCuriosity,
\nand the Builder
\nof Stone Walls
\nto contain
\nmy fear of
\nother people.<\/p>\n

Please forgive me.<\/p>\n

All you have
\ndesired is
\nto be a Celestial
\nRingmaster,<\/p>\n

introducing me
\nto the
\nfear-smothering
\nFlying Circus
\nof Amazement
\nand Amusement,<\/p>\n

with special
\nappearances
\nby my
\nfriends and neighbors,
\nwho want
\nnothing more
\nthan to
\ninvite me
\nto come out
\nfrom behind
\nmy walls
\nand
\njoin them in
\ntheir Clown Car
\nof Camaraderie,
\nas we speed
\ninto
\nThe Mystery.<\/p>\n

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

  Clown Car of Camaraderie If I was in a confessional, I would say forgive me, Creator of All That Is, for I have sinned. I have made you into a stern and frightful parent, carrying a rod, lest you spoil this errant child. I have feared you, which I twisted into fear of the […]<\/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-1175","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