{"id":3018,"date":"2016-11-17T15:58:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T15:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=3018"},"modified":"2017-08-01T21:40:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T21:40:42","slug":"snagging-rainbows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2016\/11\/17\/snagging-rainbows\/","title":{"rendered":"Snagging Rainbows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Hiding in plain\u00a0sunlight while sifting through the sky,<\/li>\n
  2. Looking for the rainbows as heaven has a cry.<\/li>\n
  3. Snagging them with morals, ignoring all the pain;<\/li>\n
  4. Pushing them through prisms to make them white again.<\/li>\n
  5. There\u2019s no coloured sunshine; we\u2019re all offspring of God.<\/li>\n
  6. Hospital for sinners, but you\u2019re the one who\u2019s flawed.<\/li>\n
  7. Wash your clothes of crimson with mission and a ring<\/li>\n
  8. Frying eggs while naked and pick a hymn to sing.<\/li>\n
  9. Casting out your children and use them as a goat;<\/li>\n
  10. It\u2019s because we love them we overlook our mote.<\/li>\n
  11. Prayer and scripture study will wash away your sins<\/li>\n
  12. Off your flags and banners and\u00a0shiny rainbow pins.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Hiding in plain\u00a0sunlight while sifting through the sky, Looking for the rainbows as heaven has a cry. Snagging them with morals, ignoring all the pain; Pushing them through prisms to make them white again. There\u2019s no coloured sunshine; we\u2019re all offspring of God. Hospital for sinners, but you\u2019re the one who\u2019s flawed. Wash your clothes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3019,"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-3018","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\/2017\/08\/rainbow-background-1149610_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C620&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-MG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3321,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2018\/03\/16\/clapping-at-rainbows\/","url_meta":{"origin":3018,"position":0},"title":"Clapping at Rainbows","author":"Kim Siever","date":"16 March 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Sitting on my lawn chair as I gaze toward the sky. Clapping at the rainbows as I watch them float on by. Cheering on the unicorns as they dance in the street. Smiling at the glitter as it falls down at my feet. 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