{"id":4365,"date":"2026-03-15T09:50:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=4365"},"modified":"2026-03-16T04:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:48:42","slug":"lets-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2026\/03\/15\/lets-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Play<\/strong><\/p>\n

Play along with Me,
\njust for a bit.<\/p>\n

Imagine You Are
\na Bright Little Piece
\nof the Love and
\nLight and Laughter
\nThat Is
\nAll That Is.<\/p>\n

Call This You
\nYour Soul –
\nI know,
\nI\u2019m hardly the first –
\nBut Play With Me.<\/p>\n

By the Way,
\nYour Soul Is
\nPerfect.<\/p>\n

Now,
\nhave Your Soul
\nget your Body –
\nFat and Wrinkles and Scars
\nand All,
\nIt\u2019s Just a Body –
\nOut of Your Chair.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Your Costume
\nfor the Scene
\nWe\u2019re going to
\nCreate.<\/p>\n

Wherever You Are,
\nGreet the Other Players
\nin the Scene
\nAs If
\nYou\u2019re Playing the Scene
\nwith their Souls.<\/p>\n

In My Scene,
\nI told the Soul
\nat the Front Desk,
\nin the Hotel
\nWhere We’re Staying,
\nthat My Life
\nfinally Had Meaning
\nNow that My Cup
\nwas Full of
\nthe Free Coffee.<\/p>\n

He Laughed,
\nI Love Him.<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t had
\nThis Much Fun
\nIn a Long While.<\/p>\n

I should Make
\na Habit of It.<\/p>\n

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

  Let\u2019s Play Play along with Me, just for a bit. Imagine You Are a Bright Little Piece of the Love and Light and Laughter That Is All That Is. Call This You Your Soul – I know, I\u2019m hardly the first – But Play With Me. By the Way, Your Soul Is Perfect. Now, […]<\/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-4365","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\/4365","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=4365"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4370,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365\/revisions\/4370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}