{"id":3964,"date":"2025-09-08T15:22:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:22:21","slug":"the-tea-of-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2025\/09\/08\/the-tea-of-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tea of Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

The Tea of Fear<\/strong><\/p>\n

It Began as Another
\nBlack Hole Monday.<\/p>\n

My Beloved Handed Me
\nHer Motion To Reconsider
\nMy Auto-Reply to
\nHer Request
\nTo Plan a Roadtrip
\nTo Adventureville.<\/p>\n

My Reply had been Steeped In
\nthe Tea of Fear of
\nBeing Required To
\nDo Something
\nBesides Worship Calendars
\nEmpty of Anything
\nBut The Promise of
\nNothing To Do.<\/p>\n

This Fear of
\nSomething To Do,
\nthe Deadening Sin of Sloth,
\nHas Been On My Back
\nLike a Pariah\u2019s Pack,
\na Bedroll of the Banal.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve Begged The
\nBeyond The Veil,
\nThe Love and Light and Laughter
\nComing from
\nThe Creator\u2019s Caf\u00e9,
\nfor a Menu of
\nthe Medicinal Miraculous.
\nI Want to Order
\nSome Sort of
\nDivine Deliverance.<\/p>\n

This Monday Morning
\nI was Taken to
\na Secret Entrance to
\nThe Mystery,
\nThe Source of
\nThe Breath of
\nThe Beauty of
\nBenevolence.<\/p>\n

My Light Being Guide
\nHanded Me a Key,
\nthen Said,<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Next Time
\nYou\u2019re Asked To
\nReconsider Your Refusal
\nTo Breathe Even a Breath
\nof Rigor,<\/p>\n

Put This Key
\nTo the Door of
\nThe Mystery,
\nand Whisper:<\/p>\n

\u2018I Think I\u2019ll
\nJust Do It and
\nSee What Happens.\u2019<\/p>\n

Then Walk
\nThrough the Door.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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