{"id":4986,"date":"2026-07-03T12:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:46:27","slug":"the-crawl-into-my-lap-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2026\/07\/03\/the-crawl-into-my-lap-club\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crawl Into My Lap Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

The Crawl Into My Lap Club<\/strong><\/p>\n

You Know
\nThat Gramma
\nYou Had
\nas a Wee One,<\/p>\n

Who Swept You Up,
\nThe Better To
\nFill Your Eyes
\nWith Honeybuckets of
\nGrinning Adoration?<\/p>\n

You Know
\nThat Uncle
\nYou Had<\/p>\n

Who Emptied His Pockets
\nof Small Change
\nSo You Could
\nBuy a Scoop of
\nOrange Chocolate Bliss
\nIn a Waffle Cone?<\/p>\n

Let Me Ask You:<\/p>\n

When You Wanted
\nTo Be With
\nOne of Them,<\/p>\n

Did You Feel
\nThe Need
\nTo Clasp Your Hands and
\nKneel Before Them,<\/p>\n

Or Summon
\nA Priest With
\na Collar and
\na Handful of Candles?<\/p>\n

Or Did You
\nCrawl Into their Lap
\nAnd Lay Your
\nSleepy Head<\/p>\n

Where You Could
\nFeel Their Heart
\nBeating Out the
\nMusic of Their
\nDelight In You?<\/p>\n

Why Did We Ever
\nImagine Our Maker
\nTo Be<\/p>\n

Anything Other Than
\nThe Creator of<\/p>\n

The Love
\nand Light
\nand Laughter
\nCrawl Into My Lap
\nClub?<\/p>\n

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

  The Crawl Into My Lap Club You Know That Gramma You Had as a Wee One, Who Swept You Up, The Better To Fill Your Eyes With Honeybuckets of Grinning Adoration? You Know That Uncle You Had Who Emptied His Pockets of Small Change So You Could Buy a Scoop of Orange Chocolate Bliss […]<\/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-4986","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