{"id":2955,"date":"2024-03-19T05:50:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2955"},"modified":"2024-03-19T05:50:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:50:07","slug":"come-out-of-the-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2024\/03\/19\/come-out-of-the-closet\/","title":{"rendered":"Come Out of The Closet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Come Out of The Closet<\/strong><\/p>\n

I see You
\nIn There,
\nthat Closet
\nYou\u2019ve filled with
\nJudicial Robes,<\/p>\n

One for every
\nOccasion,
\nmostly Black, because
\nJudging Everything is
\nSuch Serious Business.<\/p>\n

Keeping Your
\nMotor Mind
\nrevved up,
\nHearing All The Arguments,
\nConsidering all the Evidence,
\nconstantly Preparing Opinions.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Bad Enough
\nYou\u2019re handing Your Judgments
\nout Everywhere,
\nthe Worst Ones
\nare The Judgments
\nYou\u2019ve taped to Your
\nown Forehead,
\nBlinding Your Eyes
\nso You\u2019re stumbling around
\nBanging into
\nEverything and Everybody.<\/p>\n

Have You Forgotten?
\nYou\u2019ve got
\nAnother Closet
\nfilled with Swimsuits and
\nParty Dresses and
\nBusiness Casual and
\nMotorcycle Jackets and
\nHiking Pants and
\nTuxedos, with Cufflinks and
\nBright Bowties.<\/p>\n

The Love that
\nBirthed You Into
\nThis Playhouse of
\na Planet
\ndidn\u2019t Mean for You to
\nbe in Trial from
\nBirth to Death.<\/p>\n

Come Out of the Closet.<\/p>\n

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

  Come Out of The Closet I see You In There, that Closet You\u2019ve filled with Judicial Robes, One for every Occasion, mostly Black, because Judging Everything is Such Serious Business. Keeping Your Motor Mind revved up, Hearing All The Arguments, Considering all the Evidence, constantly Preparing Opinions. It\u2019s Bad Enough You\u2019re handing Your Judgments […]<\/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-2955","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\/2955","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=2955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2957,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2955\/revisions\/2957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}