{"id":1193,"date":"2021-10-15T17:34:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T00:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2021-10-15T17:51:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T00:51:16","slug":"cheekbones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/10\/15\/cheekbones\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheekbones"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Cheekbones<\/strong><\/p>\n

With your
\nfingertips
\ntouch your
\ncheekbones
\nand your
\nbreastbone
\nand your
\nkneecaps.<\/p>\n

This is you.<\/p>\n

You are not
\nthe writer
\nof that
\nnovel you
\njust finished
\nwith your
\neyes
\nswimming.<\/p>\n

You are not
\nthat guy
\nacross the street
\nwho never lets
\nhis gutters
\nget stuffed
\nwith leaves
\nthe way
\nyours are.<\/p>\n

You are not
\ntwenty pounds
\nlighter or
\ntwenty years
\nyounger.<\/p>\n

Until you are
\nastonished
\nwith your
\ngood fortune
\nto be
\nThe One
\nwith those
\ncheekbones
\nand that
\nbreastbone
\nand those
\nkneecaps,<\/p>\n

it\u2019s going
\nto be more
\ndifficult
\nthan it needs
\nto be
\nfor you<\/p>\n

to give us
\nthe gifts
\nyou came
\nall the way
\nhere to
\ngive us.<\/p>\n

Take as long
\nas you need.
\nWe\u2019ll wait.<\/p>\n

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

  Cheekbones With your fingertips touch your cheekbones and your breastbone and your kneecaps. This is you. You are not the writer of that novel you just finished with your eyes swimming. You are not that guy across the street who never lets his gutters get stuffed with leaves the way yours are. You are […]<\/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-1193","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