{"id":5251,"date":"2020-11-12T14:26:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T14:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=5251"},"modified":"2020-11-12T14:26:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T14:26:53","slug":"high-plains-drifter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/12\/high-plains-drifter\/","title":{"rendered":"High Plains Drifter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>What does it really mean to be a Jew<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I asked of a passing frog<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Nothing<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It answered<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Jews don\u2019t exist<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>There are only human beings<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I then gave a mango to the frog and read from an ancient poem<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>He visits my town once a year<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>He fills my mouth with kisses and nectar<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The frog stopped me as I spoke<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Why do you have such an interest in mangos<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It asked<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>I have no interest in mangos<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I answered<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Are you from a Jewish family<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>No I am a Gentile<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I pondered the question from the tiny amphibian<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>No I am a cowboy\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>My gun is for hire\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it really mean to be a Jew \u00a0 I asked of a passing frog Nothing \u00a0 It answered Jews don\u2019t exist \u00a0 There are only human beings \u00a0 I then gave a mango to the frog and read from an ancient poem He visits my town once a year \u00a0 He fills my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}