{"id":1256,"date":"2021-11-01T16:22:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T23:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2023-01-10T09:32:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T17:32:15","slug":"central-casting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/11\/01\/central-casting\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Casting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Central Casting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Walking
\nThe Dog,
\nhaving my
\nusual one-sided
\nconversation
\nwith whoever
\nis producing
\nthis piece of
\ncosmological
\ntheater.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m desperate
\nfor notes
\nfrom the
\nDirector.<\/p>\n

How am I doing?
\nI feel like
\na fraud,
\na failure,
\nlike I\u2019ve forgotten
\nall my lines.<\/p>\n

As is often
\nthe case . . .
\nnothing.<\/p>\n

Until later,
\nwhen there\u2019s
\na whisper
\nand
\na comforting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re
\nlooking for
\na review,
\nthat will come
\nwhen the show
\nis over.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor now,
\nyou should
\nknow that
\nwe all
\nagree:<\/p>\n

\u201cFor playing
\nthe part
\nof You,<\/p>\n

“You have
\nbeen perfectly
\ncast.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Photo from Austrian National Library; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Central Casting Walking The Dog, having my usual one-sided conversation with whoever is producing this piece of cosmological theater. I\u2019m desperate for notes from the Director. How am I doing? I feel like a fraud, a failure, like I\u2019ve forgotten all my lines. As is often the case . . . nothing. Until later, […]<\/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-1256","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