{"id":3909,"date":"2026-10-22T15:55:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/?p=3909"},"modified":"2026-10-24T19:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T00:47:06","slug":"grace-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/2026\/10\/grace-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace-fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">I visit the old gem of a pond<br>the tadpoles ascend from the depths<br> like champagne bubbles<br> and just as quickly return to them<br>then, further on,<br> I am graced by the winking of a new autumn sun<br>Peering into the clear, still water,<br> past the goldfish,<br> I see a litter of fallen leaves<br>  freshly arrayed at the bottom<br>A water spider darts<br> its wake spills an echo of ripples<br>The lightest of breezes weaves<br> the most delicate braids<br> of water surface strands:<br> an angel\u2019s harp plucking gossamer patterns<br>The sun breaks free from the clouds<br> and wreaths me in bright light<br><br>The day before was warm<br> the last of late summer<br>The dusk brought a storm<br> a solid wall of clouds loomed<br> and briefly wept a torrential rain<br> the passing black swept the sky clean<br>Now everything has changed <br><br>The clean breath of air<br>The crisp flickering of the leaves<br>The dimmer but clearer light<br>A heightened contrast<br> revealing fresh faces<br><br>There is a shiver in my bones<br>I\u2019m underdressed<br> in my hoodie, sandals, and overalls<br>I beg for chocolate<br> on offer at a nearby table<br><br>Later, gazing from my bed,<br> the sun tickles through my tree<br> and flits like flame on the folds<br>  of my still-open curtains<br> as the mild rose band of sunset<br> hems the grey-blue sky of twilight<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I visit the old gem of a pondthe tadpoles ascend from the depths like champagne bubbles and just as quickly return to themthen, further on, I am graced by the winking of a new autumn sunPeering into the clear, still water, past the goldfish, I see a litter of fallen leaves freshly arrayed at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3909"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3913,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909\/revisions\/3913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}