{"id":845,"date":"2006-11-06T11:23:03","date_gmt":"2006-11-06T17:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1999\/4-21-99\/"},"modified":"2006-11-06T11:23:03","modified_gmt":"2006-11-06T17:23:03","slug":"4-21-99","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=845","title":{"rendered":"4-21-99"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"clear:left; float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top:10px;;width: 55px;\" name=\"fb_share\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=125029517579627&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=845\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Perhaps all the pleasures in life are small<br \/>\nIn perspective they all get resized<\/p>\n<p>The sound of a coffee cup Tom gave me<br \/>\nA Russian bell as a green handled spoon<br \/>\nMixes in the milk, serving as the clapper<br \/>\nTwo tones, a gentle alarm after I wake<\/p>\n<p>How the cat rubs up for attention, gets it<br \/>\nAnd then plants himself just out of reach<\/p>\n<p>The dollar paperbacks from the Salvation Army<br \/>\nThe paper tanned by time, gives more smiles<br \/>\nThan the pristine $27.50 hardcover<br \/>\nA recommendation from an artist in an alley<br \/>\nYears ago gives me things to read even today<\/p>\n<p>The way the wind pushes and pulls the house<br \/>\nWhen certain windows are open<br \/>\nFresh air fills the corners and I forgive it<br \/>\nFor cluttering the patio with debris<\/p>\n<p>I can only watch baseball on Sportscenter<br \/>\nCrack, Crack, Whiff, Whiff, Crowd Shot, Crack<br \/>\nMore like the hockey I wait for<br \/>\nThat challenges my prescription<br \/>\nAnd gives me grace and contact<\/p>\n<p>The way my love<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps all the pleasures in life are small In perspective they all get resized The sound of a coffee cup Tom gave me A Russian bell as a green handled spoon Mixes in the milk, serving as the clapper Two tones, a gentle alarm after I wake How the cat rubs up for attention, gets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":834,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeNcU-dD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/845\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}