{"id":1583,"date":"2022-04-07T21:31:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T04:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2022-04-07T21:31:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T04:31:53","slug":"patchwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2022\/04\/07\/patchwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Patchwork"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Patchwork<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are,
\nat least,
\na thousand-and-one
\nideas,
\nfrom at least
\na thousand-and-one
\nplaces,
\nabout how
\nYou should
\nbe You.<\/p>\n

So, will You
\npatch together,
\nwith spit and
\nbubblegum,
\na patchwork
\nYou,<\/p>\n

in order to
\nmake happy
\nthose
\nthousand-and-one
\nidea spewers,<\/p>\n

as if You
\nowe them
\na debt, or
\nto avoid their
\nridicule, or
\ndodge their
\ndispleasure, or<\/p>\n

to placate
\nthe relentless
\ndemons of
\nshame and guilt
\nwith whatever
\nmust be
\nsacrificed of
\nYour For Real
\nSelf?<\/p>\n

Or will You be
\nWho You Are.
\nNow.
\nIn this instant.<\/p>\n

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

  Patchwork There are, at least, a thousand-and-one ideas, from at least a thousand-and-one places, about how You should be You. So, will You patch together, with spit and bubblegum, a patchwork You, in order to make happy those thousand-and-one idea spewers, as if You owe them a debt, or to avoid their ridicule, or […]<\/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-1583","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\/1583","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=1583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1585,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583\/revisions\/1585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}