{"id":1030,"date":"2015-03-27T19:28:26","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2015-03-27T19:28:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:28:26","slug":"winter-blasphemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=1030","title":{"rendered":"Winter Blasphemies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=1030\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><strong><em>Hi friends\u2026 spring has arrived!!<\/strong> (Or so the calendar says.) Yes, it\u2019s been a miserable couple of months\u2026 like living at the North Pole\u2026 but brighter days loom now on our seasonal horizon. (Hopefully.) <\/p>\n<p>In the depths of the dark and frozen ice age that has finally decided to begrudgingly leave, I started writing a couple of poems. Rather than tossing them in the dumpster,  I share them now with you. They were the cries of despair of one, who had had enough. <strong>Stash<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Winter\u2019s Lament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The snow came down<br \/>\nWithout a sound,<br \/>\nSoon an ivory quilt<br \/>\nBlanketed the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the winds<br \/>\nHowled and blew.<br \/>\nAn example of how<br \/>\nThe Lord can over do.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t question God\u2026<br \/>\nOr so I\u2019m told\u2026<br \/>\nBut Jesus Christ\u2026<br \/>\nOutside it\u2019s cold!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Jealous Child Within<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three months of snow piling up to my ass\u2026<br \/>\nThree months since I last saw the grass.<br \/>\nIce and snow and perpetual slush.<br \/>\nSpring is coming but in no big rush.<\/p>\n<p>At the very same time, in the balmy sunshine state of Florida\u2026<\/p>\n<p>All winter long it\u2019s been warm and sunny\u2026<br \/>\nA cozy palm tree land of milk and honey.<br \/>\nThe only time folks there will complain<br \/>\nIs when someone\u2019s predicting a morning rain.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s undeniable. It\u2019d true. God has His favorites!<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s capricious in rewarding some of His children.<br \/>\nLooking at Jersey, He said,  \u201cYeah, I\u2019ll chill them\u201d.<br \/>\nWell tanned Floridians can go romp and play\u2026<br \/>\nWhile north easterners must shovel all their troubles away.<\/p>\n<p>Some may call me a jealous child but I don\u2019t care\u2026<br \/>\nIn my opinion\u2026 God\u2019s just not fair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stash<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi friends\u2026 spring has arrived!! (Or so the calendar says.) Yes, it\u2019s been a miserable couple of months\u2026 like living at the North Pole\u2026 but brighter days loom now on our seasonal horizon. (Hopefully.) In the depths of the dark &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=1030\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1030"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1033,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions\/1033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}