{"id":131,"date":"2014-01-22T02:21:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T07:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janusmag.wordpress.com\/?p=131"},"modified":"2014-12-19T15:48:36","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T20:48:36","slug":"kiss-the-king-by-charles-mccullagh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/janus\/2014\/01\/22\/kiss-the-king-by-charles-mccullagh\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiss the King by Charles McCullagh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center\">Kiss the King<br \/>\nBy Charles McCullagh<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">In the corner, so many years.<br \/>\nEyes so tired, he could foresee.<br \/>\nThe light came soon, shock of the call.<br \/>\nStand together, ashes to sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>How do you know, when it will be,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The last time to talk, to hear him sing?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It hurts so much, but unaware,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Embrace the past and kiss the King.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">The images soar, the booming laugh.<br \/>\nGenerous heart, his cross to bear.<br \/>\nTempers had flared, mellowed by time.<br \/>\nCalls of love, willing to share.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>How do you know, when it will be,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The last time to talk, to hear him sing?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It hurts so much, but unaware,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Embrace the past and kiss the King.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">A modest start, receive the gifts.<br \/>\nPursue the risks, achieve the ring.<br \/>\nSome reckless turns, but in the end,<br \/>\nA settled soul, so much to bring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>How do you know, when it will be,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The last time to talk, to hear him sing?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It hurts so much, but unaware,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Embrace the past and kiss the King.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Little ones come, the glow of pride.<br \/>\nThe joy is true, stories will be.<br \/>\nWalk on the beach, blanket of snow,<br \/>\nStand together, ashes to sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>How do you know, when it will be,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The last time to talk, to hear him sing?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It hurts so much, but unaware,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Embrace the past and kiss the King.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiss the King By Charles McCullagh In the corner, so many years. Eyes so tired, he could foresee. The light came soon, shock of the call. Stand together, ashes to sea. How do you know, when it will be, The last time to talk, to hear him sing? It hurts so much, but unaware, Embrace &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/janus\/2014\/01\/22\/kiss-the-king-by-charles-mccullagh\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kiss the King by Charles McCullagh<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,93],"tags":[29,38,47,52,68,114,87,116],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","category-winter-2013-2014","tag-charles-mccullagh","tag-faculty-work","tag-janus","tag-kiss-the-king","tag-poem","tag-poetry","tag-williston-northampton-school","tag-writing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/janus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/janus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/janus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/janus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/janus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/janus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/janus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/janus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/janus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/janus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}