{"id":2632,"date":"2020-12-30T18:18:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T18:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farefwd.com\/?p=2632"},"modified":"2021-03-31T15:09:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T15:09:37","slug":"to-a-friends-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farefwd.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/30\/to-a-friends-child\/","title":{"rendered":"To a Friend&#8217;s Child"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2632\" class=\"elementor elementor-2632\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c4ffffe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c4ffffe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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Andrews<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-774e5f54\" data-id=\"774e5f54\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-618c8089 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"618c8089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"output\" class=\"page-generator__output js-generator-output\"><p>What I remember most<\/p><p>about my father\u2019s apartment<\/p><p>are the empty off-white walls<\/p><p>and the television on the floor<\/p><p>of a room with no furniture.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Also: seditious whispering,<\/p><p>war plans tucked under mattresses,<\/p><p>muffled manifestos through thin walls.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For a long while you will feel<\/p><p>like paper shreds on the floor,<\/p><p>like a cycloning weathervane.<\/p><p>There is no avoiding this part.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>But when you rise, and rise<\/p><p>you shall, it will be on steps<\/p><p>formed from hardened wisdom,<\/p><p>crystallized by midnight heart murmurs:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>not all things joined by God<\/p><p>can be separated by man.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1168e1e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1168e1e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-74f682af\" data-id=\"74f682af\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce594fc\" data-id=\"ce594fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d0fe7a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d0fe7a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Matthew J. 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