{"id":10133,"date":"2023-10-22T00:43:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T00:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/22\/the-bottom-2-2-2\/"},"modified":"2024-09-14T07:12:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T07:12:10","slug":"the-bottom-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/22\/the-bottom-2-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Bugs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-slate-section-image-and-text-cta gpb-slate-image-text gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-equal gb-has-custom-background-color gb-has-custom-text-color gb-columns-center alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:6em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:6em;padding-left:1em;background-color:#ededed;color:#1f1f1f\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"748\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lightening-Bugs.png\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" class=\"wp-image-10125\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lightening-Bugs.png 748w, https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lightening-Bugs-300x281.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column gb-is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">You can tell a true lover by the gifts they give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you only get them on occasions,<br>   dutifully,<br>when millions of people probably got the same thing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Love is coerced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The true lover finds you gifts<br>randomly, accidentally;<br>the world is the gift shop<br>for a museum about you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She brings them to you<br>in cupped hands,<br>like a child who has found a lightning bug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cuff-links you didn\u2019t know you need,<br>the poet you love<br>who just wrote a new book,<br>a small notepad that fits in your pocket<br>because you love to write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The occasion is always,<br>the reason is just because.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gifts are the reflection of your presence<br>in your absence,<br>and you will never throw them away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Craig Hordlow<br>June, 2008<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can tell a true lover by the gifts they give.<\/p>\n<p>When you only get them on occasions,<br \/>\ndutifully,<br \/>\nwhen millions of people probably got the same thing,<\/p>\n<p>Love is coerced.<\/p>\n<p>The true lover finds you gifts<br \/>\nrandomly, accidentally;<br \/>\nthe world is the gift shop<br \/>\nfor a museum about you.<\/p>\n<p>She brings them to you<br \/>\nin cupped hands,<br \/>\nlike a child who has found a lightning bug.<\/p>\n<p>The cuff-links you didn\u2019t know you need,<br \/>\nthe poet you love<br \/>\nwho just wrote a new book,<br \/>\na small notepad that fits in your pocket<br \/>\nbecause you love to write.<\/p>\n<p>The occasion is always,<br \/>\nthe reason is just because.<\/p>\n<p>The gifts are the reflection of your presence<br \/>\nin your absence,<br \/>\nand you will never throw them 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