{"id":3538,"date":"2025-01-01T19:53:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T03:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3538"},"modified":"2025-01-01T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T04:46:09","slug":"the-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2025\/01\/01\/the-play\/","title":{"rendered":"The Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

The Play<\/strong><\/p>\n

Act 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

You Decide The Task
\nYou Swore an Oath
\nto Finish
\nWill Be Set Aside
\nin Favor of Coffee
\nand Buttered Toast
\nwhile Contemplating
\nThe Next Scene
\nIn That Novel
\nYou\u2019re Not Writing,<\/p>\n

Because It\u2019s Easier to
\nContemplate and
\nMake More Toast,
\nThis Time with Jam.<\/p>\n

Act 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your Beloved Asks of You
\nThe Smallest of Departures
\nfrom The Script You\u2019ve Written
\nfor Your Comfort,
\nand You Weasel an Escape.<\/p>\n

Act 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

You Spend the Afternoon
\nWriting Your Indictment,
\nto Which You Plead Guilty,
\nPrepared for The Judgment
\nYou Know Awaits You
\nWhen The Curtain Drops.<\/p>\n

The Cast Party<\/strong><\/p>\n

But It\u2019s Just a Play.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re a Light Being,
\nFormed of Love,
\nAdored by The Playwright,
\nCherished by The Director.<\/p>\n

Your Fellow Players
\nApplaud Your Decision
\nTo Attend Drama School.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re a Theater Kid.<\/p>\n

Sure, You Have Much
\nTo Learn,
\nThe Director has
\nNotes for You.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll Love
\nThe Next Show.<\/p>\n

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

  The Play Act 1 You Decide The Task You Swore an Oath to Finish Will Be Set Aside in Favor of Coffee and Buttered Toast while Contemplating The Next Scene In That Novel You\u2019re Not Writing, Because It\u2019s Easier to Contemplate and Make More Toast, This Time with Jam. Act 2 Your Beloved Asks […]<\/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-3538","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\/3538","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=3538"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3543,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions\/3543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}