{"id":3138,"date":"2024-07-01T10:49:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3138"},"modified":"2024-07-01T11:04:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T18:04:05","slug":"plus-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2024\/07\/01\/plus-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Plus One"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Plus One<\/strong><\/p>\n

You were Invited
\nto the Party and
\nthe Invitation
\nspecified You were
\nWelcome to be
\naccompanied by
\na Companion,
\na Plus One.<\/p>\n

As Usual,
\nYou had little
\nChoice
\nIn The Matter.<\/p>\n

As You donned
\nYour favorite
\nHabiliments,
\nhoping to Hide
\ninside zippers,
\nbehind buttons,
\nbeneath bright fabrics,<\/p>\n

Fear appeared and
\ndraped Its arms
\naround Your neck,
\nWhispering the usual
\nWarnings.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember,
\nYou have the Right
\nto Remain Silent,
\nto look for
\nHiding Places,
\nto slip away from
\nthe Small Talk and
\nGarrulous
\nGratuitous
\nChatter.\u201d<\/p>\n

But this was not
\nAs Usual.<\/p>\n

You peeled Fear
\nfrom Your
\nSovereign Self.<\/p>\n

This Time
\nYour Plus One
\nwould be
\nLove,<\/p>\n

Grinning at You
\nin the preparatory Mirror,<\/p>\n

Alight with
\nDevious Designs
\nto turn
\nGratuitous Chatter
\ninto the
\nSemantics of
\nSoul Embracing Soul.<\/p>\n

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

  Plus One You were Invited to the Party and the Invitation specified You were Welcome to be accompanied by a Companion, a Plus One. As Usual, You had little Choice In The Matter. As You donned Your favorite Habiliments, hoping to Hide inside zippers, behind buttons, beneath bright fabrics, Fear appeared and draped Its […]<\/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-3138","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