{"id":3416,"date":"2024-11-20T08:02:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3416"},"modified":"2024-11-20T08:02:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:02:59","slug":"before-you-call-for-the-shovel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2024\/11\/20\/before-you-call-for-the-shovel\/","title":{"rendered":"Before You Call for The Shovel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n <\/p>\n

Before You Call for the Shovel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do You Know
\nThe Feeling?<\/p>\n

The One
\nWhere You
\nImagine
\nThe Best Use
\nfor You
\nwould Be to
\nScrape You Up
\nand Toss You in a
\nCompost Pile
\nto Be Spread
\non Someone\u2019s
\nVegetable Garden?<\/p>\n

Wait!<\/p>\n

Before You Call for
\nThe Shovel …<\/p>\n

Imagine Instead …<\/p>\n

You Are
\na Master of
\nCreative Imagery.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a Thing
\nYou Just Decide
\nTo Be.<\/p>\n

When You See
\nThat Hairy Dude
\nWith Tattoos
\non Every Square Inch,
\nYou Say:<\/p>\n

\u201cSir, You Remind Me
\nof That Afternoon
\nI spent in Paris,
\nIn The Louvre.\u201d<\/p>\n

When You See
\nThat Sweet Mama
\nwith a Couple of
\nLittle Holy Ones
\nPretending To Be
\nNoisy Brats,
\nYou Say:<\/p>\n

\u201cMa\u2019am, You Remind Me
\nof Mother Teresa and
\na Guardian Angel,
\nRolled Into One.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Get Your
\nAss off that
\nCompost Pile and
\nTake It From Here,<\/p>\n

Beautiful One.<\/p>\n

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

  Before You Call for the Shovel Do You Know The Feeling? The One Where You Imagine The Best Use for You would Be to Scrape You Up and Toss You in a Compost Pile to Be Spread on Someone\u2019s Vegetable Garden? Wait! Before You Call for The Shovel … Imagine Instead … You Are […]<\/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-3416","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