{"id":2963,"date":"2016-10-17T17:30:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T17:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2017-08-01T21:13:54","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T21:13:54","slug":"black-and-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2016\/10\/17\/black-and-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Black and White"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Weak and might, dim and bright.<\/li>\n
  2. Peace and fight, day and night.<\/li>\n
  3. Loose and tight, dark and light.<\/li>\n
  4. Walk and flight, black and white.<\/li>\n
  5. Black and white are simple, see?<\/li>\n
  6. Wrong for you, and right for me.<\/li>\n
  7. Black and white\u2019s an easy choice,<\/li>\n
  8. Helps to\u00a0justify my voice.<\/li>\n
  9. Black and white are options two:<\/li>\n
  10. Yours is false, and mine is true.<\/li>\n
  11. Black and white\u2019s a myth, okay?<\/li>\n
  12. \u2019Cause inbetween\u2019s a tonne of grey.<\/li>\n
  13. Accepting grey develops love.<\/li>\n
  14. No one beneath, no one above.<\/li>\n
  15. Just side by side in common goal.<\/li>\n
  16. In mind, and might, and heart, and soul.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Weak and might, dim and bright. Peace and fight, day and night. Loose and tight, dark and light. Walk and flight, black and white. Black and white are simple, see? Wrong for you, and right for me. Black and white\u2019s an easy choice, Helps to\u00a0justify my voice. Black and white are options two: Yours is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith-crisis-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/animals-102483_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-LN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3995,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2019\/11\/27\/gun-violence-and-race-and-gender\/","url_meta":{"origin":2963,"position":0},"title":"Gun violence, race, and gender","author":"Kim Siever","date":"27 November 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Maybe it\u2019s not gun ownership we should be talking about.","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/gun-2227646_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/gun-2227646_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/gun-2227646_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/gun-2227646_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/gun-2227646_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3659,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2019\/06\/16\/topsy-turvy\/","url_meta":{"origin":2963,"position":1},"title":"Topsy turvy","author":"Kim Siever","date":"16 June 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Towering trees all veiled with leaves, hanging from the sky Calming seas with salty breeze in the desert dry Starry light so dimly bright shining through the ground Chicken flight of soaring height to the prairies bound Blazing fire and climbing higher fuelled by frosty ice Reaching spire up from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poetry"","block_context":{"text":"Poetry","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/poetry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/img_1400.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/img_1400.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/img_1400.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/img_1400.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/img_1400.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3081,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2011\/10\/09\/the-river-turner\/","url_meta":{"origin":2963,"position":2},"title":"The River Turner","author":"Kim Siever","date":"9 October 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"They lift the eagle through the air They gave the bees their drone They guide the dolphin through the sea They built the lion\u2019s throne They painted monarchs black and gold They quench the rose\u2019s thirst They lit the sun and kindled stars They make the geysers squirt They stir\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poetry"","block_context":{"text":"Poetry","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/poetry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2938,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2017\/07\/11\/choosing\/","url_meta":{"origin":2963,"position":3},"title":"Choosing","author":"Kim Siever","date":"11 July 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The blood of God I seal inside a box with lock and key. 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