{"id":2268,"date":"2023-02-20T18:55:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T02:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2023-02-20T18:55:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T02:55:08","slug":"asking-for-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2023\/02\/20\/asking-for-a-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Asking for a Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n <\/p>\n

Asking for a Friend<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who is braver,
\nthat squirrel
\ntightroping
\nacross Your
\nclothesline,
\nor
\nthat spider
\ndangling by
\na filament
\nthe size of
\na baby\u2019s hair?<\/p>\n

What is more beautiful,
\na rosebud
\nsprinkled by pollen
\nthe color of moondust
\nor
\na string of bubbles
\nfilled with a
\nbreath
\nblown by Your
\nfirst grandchild?<\/p>\n

What sounds more heavenly,
\nthe cry of
\nthe Great Grey Owl
\nor
\nthe melody
\nfloating through
\nYour neighborhood
\nfrom the bell
\nof a tenor sax
\nbeing blown
\nby the white-haired
\nsole survivor
\nof a trio
\nthat used to play
\nin Paris,
\nwho now lives
\nnext door?<\/p>\n

Speaking of heaven,
\nis is said that
\nSt. Peter guards
\nthe gate.<\/p>\n

Who gets in,
\nYou
\nor
\nSt. Francis of Assisi?<\/p>\n

Photo by Maryna Nikolaieva; UnSplash<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Asking for a Friend Who is braver, that squirrel tightroping across Your clothesline, or that spider dangling by a filament the size of a baby\u2019s hair? What is more beautiful, a rosebud sprinkled by pollen the color of moondust or a string of bubbles filled with a breath blown by Your first grandchild? What […]<\/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-2268","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