{"id":1220,"date":"2021-10-24T16:03:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T23:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2021-10-24T16:03:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T23:03:36","slug":"fish-out-of-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/10\/24\/fish-out-of-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish Out of Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Fish Out of Water<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mystery
\nis what you
\ndip your
\npen in,
\nor your
\ndancing shoes,
\nor your
\nguitar pick.<\/p>\n

Or you drink
\nfrom it
\nbefore getting
\non stage or
\nbehind the
\nmicrophone.<\/p>\n

Or maybe
\nit\u2019s like
\nwalking into
\nthe ocean.<\/p>\n

At first you
\njust get in
\nup to your knees,
\nthen your waist,
\nthen you
\nplunge.<\/p>\n

Lately I\u2019m
\nwondering
\nif it\u2019s
\npossible to
\ngrow gills
\nand fins
\nand a tail
\nand
\nlive in it.<\/p>\n

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

  Fish Out of Water The Mystery is what you dip your pen in, or your dancing shoes, or your guitar pick. Or you drink from it before getting on stage or behind the microphone. Or maybe it\u2019s like walking into the ocean. At first you just get in up to your knees, then your […]<\/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-1220","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