{"id":1306,"date":"2021-11-28T09:56:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T17:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2021-11-28T10:47:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T18:47:15","slug":"the-legal-definition-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/11\/28\/the-legal-definition-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legal Definition of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

The Legal Definition of Love<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m here to
\nstage a
\ncourtroom scene.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll play all
\nthe roles.<\/p>\n

Defendant,
\nProsecuting Attorney,
\n(you\u2019re a superstar
\nprosecutor),
\nJudge,
\nJury.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no defense
\nattorney.
\nYou know damn well
\nyou don\u2019t
\ndeserve one.
\nYou\u2019re guilty
\nas hell.<\/p>\n

The Jury of
\nOne Self
\nhas been watching you.
\nYou\u2019ve seen
\nevery move
\nyou\u2019ve made.<\/p>\n

You think
\nyou\u2019ve hidden
\nevery sin,
\nbut the Jury
\nhas already decided
\nthere\u2019s no
\nalibi.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve already
\nsentenced your Self
\nto a life of
\nself doubt and
\nunending
\napology.<\/p>\n

You may even
\nhave considered
\nthe death penalty.<\/p>\n

But the Director
\nhas other plans
\nfor you:<\/p>\n

Some say
\nshe\u2019s divine.
\nShe\u2019s secretly
\nin love
\nwith you,
\nand she can\u2019t
\nkeep quiet
\nabout it for
\nanother minute.<\/p>\n

She instructs
\nthe Jury to
\npardon you.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re free
\nto go,
\nwith one
\ncondition:<\/p>\n

She has a
\nstack of
\nscripts
\na foot deep.<\/p>\n

You star
\nin every one.
\nYou\u2019ll be called
\nThe Beloved.<\/p>\n

In every play
\nyou\u2019ll be asked
\nto show up
\nin courtrooms
\neverywhere
\nand drop
\na beating heart
\non the Scales of
\nJustice,
\nto tip them
\nover,
\nso the prisoners
\ngo free.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Avel Chuklanov; Unsplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The Legal Definition of Love I\u2019m here to stage a courtroom scene. You\u2019ll play all the roles. Defendant, Prosecuting Attorney, (you\u2019re a superstar prosecutor), Judge, Jury. There\u2019s no defense attorney. You know damn well you don\u2019t deserve one. You\u2019re guilty as hell. The Jury of One Self has been watching you. You\u2019ve seen every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1313,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions\/1313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}