{"id":1155,"date":"2014-05-26T22:16:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T22:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illumination2.wordpress.com\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2014-05-26T22:16:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T22:16:06","slug":"a-requiem-for-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/26\/a-requiem-for-love\/","title":{"rendered":"A requiem for love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A requiem for love<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the confluence of minds<br \/>\nIn the primordial soup<br \/>\nIn the Mariana Trench<br \/>\nIn the frozen wastes of Pluto<\/p>\n<p>All across the galaxy<br \/>\nFrom the birth of all there is<br \/>\nIs it true that none seeks God;<br \/>\nNo, not one?<\/p>\n<p>A little leaven leavens the whole<br \/>\nA drop of oil on white linen<br \/>\nA dictator among sheep<br \/>\nA fox in the hen house<\/p>\n<p>Hezekiah faced the wall<br \/>\nThe Lord sweated blood<br \/>\nMoses despaired<br \/>\nLot was exasperated<\/p>\n<p>Play a ditty<br \/>\nSing a dirge<br \/>\nA medley for a sad soul<br \/>\nA love song for a lonely heart<\/p>\n<p>Hear the conclusion of the matter:<br \/>\nFear God; keep his commandments:<br \/>\nThus the duty of man.<br \/>\nWho thus this duty do?<\/p>\n<p>The headstone &#8211; ready<br \/>\nThe grave &#8211; dug<br \/>\nThe priest &#8211; somber<br \/>\nThe occupant &#8211; flitting as the wind<\/p>\n<p>As surely as the day breaks<br \/>\nAs constant as man&#8217;s evil<br \/>\nIf it lies still in death:<br \/>\nWill there be peace at last?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A requiem for love In the confluence of minds In the primordial soup In the Mariana Trench In the frozen wastes of Pluto All across the galaxy From the birth of all there is Is it true that none seeks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/26\/a-requiem-for-love\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[265,284,288,472,610,628,665,778,835],"class_list":["post-1155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-death","tag-dirge","tag-ditty","tag-hezekiah","tag-love","tag-mariana","tag-moses","tag-pluto","tag-requiem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}