{"id":3198,"date":"2024-08-01T07:53:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T14:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2024-08-01T08:26:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T15:26:30","slug":"kids-will-be-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2024\/08\/01\/kids-will-be-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids Will Be Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n <\/p>\n

Kids Will Be Kids<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Wise One –
\nOkay, Jesus –
\nSaid that if
\nWe want to Enter
\nWhat He called
\nHeaven,
\n(Who Doesn\u2019t?)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Necessary to
\nBecome a Kid
\nAgain.<\/p>\n

I used to Think
\nthat\u2019s because
\nKids are All
\nInnocent and
\nUntarnished by
\nSin, but
\nI don\u2019t Think It\u2019s That.<\/p>\n

I Think It\u2019s Because
\nKids Believe in
\nMagic
\nand Have
\nImaginary Friends
\nand Believe
\nPlay
\nis an Inalienable Right
\nand Imagine
\nThey Can
\nBe Anything
\nThey Want To Be.<\/p>\n

You probably don\u2019t
\nwant to Know
\nWhat Jesus said
\nShould Happen to
\nGrownups Who Try to
\nConvince Them
\nOtherwise.<\/p>\n

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

  Kids Will Be Kids A Wise One – Okay, Jesus – Said that if We want to Enter What He called Heaven, (Who Doesn\u2019t?) It\u2019s Necessary to Become a Kid Again. I used to Think that\u2019s because Kids are All Innocent and Untarnished by Sin, but I don\u2019t Think It\u2019s That. I Think It\u2019s […]<\/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-3198","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