{"id":1112,"date":"2015-07-07T00:21:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T07:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2015-07-07T00:26:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T07:26:08","slug":"do-not-tell-em-show-em-or-tother-way-round-whatever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/do-not-tell-em-show-em-or-tother-way-round-whatever\/","title":{"rendered":"Do not tell ’em Show ’em. Or t’other way ’round. Whatever."},"content":{"rendered":"

Due to the heat I have written you a poem:<\/em>
\nAll the fishes in the sea have sent a letter addressed to me. Mostly they were just interested in saying “hi” but also expressing a wish that we eat more pie. For the best pies are made from the fruit of the trees and do not contain anything which\u00a0swims in the seas. I wrote them back to ask “Why me?” And they said, “We got your name from a bumblebee.”
\n“Ah,” said I, “I know it*<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0well.”
\n“Yes,” said the fishes, “It said you were really swell.”<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The cock crows at the sun<\/p><\/div>\n

Cherry is my favorite of all pies. Do not tell the other pies.<\/p>\n

Magic fishes grant wishes. They grant only one due to austerity. So whatever you wish for say it with clarity.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

(* Bumblebee neither a he nor\u00a0a she but a drone. And we all drone on. Like the sea, and the stars, and the sun.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Due to the heat I have written you a poem: All the fishes in the sea have sent a letter addressed to me. Mostly they were just interested in saying “hi” but also expressing a wish that we eat more pie. For the best pies are made from the fruit of the trees and do not contain anything which\u00a0swims in the seas. I wrote them back to ask “Why me?” And they said, “We got your name from a bumblebee.” “Ah,” said I, “I know it*\u00a0well.” “Yes,” said the fishes, “It said you were really swell.” Cherry is my favorite...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u13S-hW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2582,"url":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/duck-down-quack-up-peeking-duck\/","url_meta":{"origin":1112,"position":0},"title":"Duck Down, Quack Up, peeking duck","author":"David Raffin","date":"March 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Duck Calls? 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