{"id":4413,"date":"2026-03-28T09:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=4413"},"modified":"2026-04-12T07:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:18:27","slug":"piano-bar-epiphany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2026\/03\/28\/piano-bar-epiphany\/","title":{"rendered":"Piano Bar Epiphany"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Piano Bar Epiphany<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Piano Bar Man
\nis Playing through
\nHis Stack of Requests
\nfor Elton John and
\nBilly Joel and
\nSimon and Garfunkel,<\/p>\n

When It
\nComes to Me:<\/p>\n

Every Face
\nat Every Table,<\/p>\n

Talking, or
\nEyes Closed, Enraptured, or
\nBusy With Chewing;<\/p>\n

Every Face
\nat Every Table,<\/p>\n

an Expression of
\nThe Maker.<\/p>\n

Of a Sudden
\nI am Teary-Eyed and
\nLook Away, Embarrassed.<\/p>\n

Sorry for Staring.<\/p>\n

When It
\nComes To Me:<\/p>\n

The Piano Man
\nIs My Maker, Too!<\/p>\n

We Are
\nBeing Entertained
\nby The Maker!<\/p>\n

Oh, My God!<\/p>\n

He\u2019s Playing
\n\u201cI Love You Just the Way You Are.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Going to Lose It!<\/p>\n

Right Here
\nIn the Piano Bar.<\/p>\n

I Hope
\nI Have Enough
\nfor a Hefty Tip.<\/p>\n

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

  Piano Bar Epiphany The Piano Bar Man is Playing through His Stack of Requests for Elton John and Billy Joel and Simon and Garfunkel, When It Comes to Me: Every Face at Every Table, Talking, or Eyes Closed, Enraptured, or Busy With Chewing; Every Face at Every Table, an Expression of The Maker. Of […]<\/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-4413","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\/4413","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=4413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4415,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4413\/revisions\/4415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}