{"id":2139,"date":"2022-10-24T11:26:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T18:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2139"},"modified":"2022-10-24T11:44:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T18:44:02","slug":"keeping-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2022\/10\/24\/keeping-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Score"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Keeping Score<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may be an
\naddict.
\nI know I am.<\/p>\n

Addicted to
\nkeeping score,
\neven when
\nI don\u2019t want to.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not just
\ntalking about
\ncounting
\nchocolate chip
\ncookies.<\/p>\n

Everything.<\/p>\n

Have I been
\nsitting here
\ntoo many
\nminutes?<\/p>\n

Is an hour
\nto wait for
\nan image
\nto appear
\ntoo long?<\/p>\n

I wonder if
\na real poet
\ncould get there
\nin thirty-seven
\nminutes,<\/p>\n

so as not to
\nsteal minutes
\na productive
\nperson
\ncould count on
\nfor vacuuming.<\/p>\n

Could I up
\nthe output to
\nthree poems
\na week?<\/p>\n

You may have been
\nsentenced to
\nlife imprisonment
\nfor your addiction,
\nby the scorekeeping
\njudges.<\/p>\n

But what if
\nI told you
\nI believe
\nI found
\na doorway to
\nfreedom?<\/p>\n

It opens
\nfor you
\nright there
\nwhere you sit
\non the couch.<\/p>\n

Follow the sound
\nof souls laughing<\/p>\n

when they
\nfollow the Light
\nat the end of
\na dark tunnel,<\/p>\n

to a place
\nwhere
\nAwareness
\nstretches forever,
\nin all directions –
\nyou can\u2019t
\ncount it –<\/p>\n

and is handing out
\nlove potions,
\ncustom made
\nto suit what
\nyou fancy,<\/p>\n

and no one
\nis keeping score.<\/p>\n

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

  Keeping Score You may be an addict. I know I am. Addicted to keeping score, even when I don\u2019t want to. I\u2019m not just talking about counting chocolate chip cookies. Everything. Have I been sitting here too many minutes? Is an hour to wait for an image to appear too long? I wonder if […]<\/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-2139","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