{"id":3248,"date":"2018-01-18T19:50:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T02:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2018-01-24T13:08:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T20:08:34","slug":"tiny-mites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2018\/01\/18\/tiny-mites\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Mites"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Stealing from a beggar’s hat to donate to a mall.<\/li>\n
  2. Taking from a refugee to toss around a ball.<\/li>\n
  3. Empt\u2019ing off a child’s fork to protest rainbow bills.<\/li>\n
  4. Rip away a leaky roof for scrip and purse to fill.<\/li>\n
  5. Hide away the homeless tents to fly around the world.<\/li>\n
  6. Bury deep hospital beds to sever boy and girl.<\/li>\n
  7. Burning books of the unread for deadly pox uncease.<\/li>\n
  8. Counting coins and tiny mites to watch the fading peace.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Stealing from a beggar’s hat to donate to a mall. Taking from a refugee to toss around a ball. Empt\u2019ing off a child’s fork to protest rainbow bills. Rip away a leaky roof for scrip and purse to fill. Hide away the homeless tents to fly around the world. Bury deep hospital beds to sever […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3254,"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-3248","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\/2018\/01\/img_5353.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-Qo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3063,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2011\/10\/09\/rodents-birds-and-mastodons\/","url_meta":{"origin":3248,"position":0},"title":"Rodents, Birds, and Mastodons","author":"Kim Siever","date":"9 October 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I saw an army marching slowly o\u2019er the hill With guns and cannons blaring enough to make one ill. 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When they explained pansexuality and transgender, the adult responded with something like, \u201cAren\u2019t you a bit too young to decide something like that?\u201d","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\/09\/rain-4337473_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C869&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/rain-4337473_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C869&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/rain-4337473_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C869&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/rain-4337473_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C869&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/rain-4337473_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C869&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2004\/12\/10\/misspelling-my-name\/","url_meta":{"origin":3248,"position":3},"title":"Misspelling My Name","author":"Kim Siever","date":"10 December 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Jason bemoans the ignorance of many persons in misspelling his name. 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