{"id":125,"date":"2018-06-30T20:01:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T20:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/?p=125"},"modified":"2019-08-25T19:32:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T19:32:24","slug":"ancestors-hanging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/2018\/06\/30\/ancestors-hanging\/","title":{"rendered":"ANCESTORS HANGING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Life Choices<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ANCESTORS-HANGING.pdf\">ANCESTORS-HANGING<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ANCESTORS-HANGING.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ANCESTORS-HANGING.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Accidentally-on-purpose-photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34\" width=\"177\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Accidentally-on-purpose-photo.png 330w, http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Accidentally-on-purpose-photo-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> Ancestors hanging on the wall, <br> Mustached, starched, corseted, and frozen.<br> Not a smile among them.<br> <br> Antique, hand-painted Porcelain china in elegant display,<br> But never used.<br> &nbsp;<br> Tiffany sterling silver flatware, tarnishing in the chest.<br> Used once, at Great Aunt Tizzie\u2019s&nbsp; funeral.<br> &nbsp;<br> Twelve, six-piece place settings, engraved lead crystal, <br> Fit for royalty, locked in the breakfront china cabinet.<br> &nbsp;<br> Hand-knotted Persian rugs, displayed on the walls, <br> Never touched the floor.<br> &nbsp;<br> All inherited from the hanging ancestors, known and unknown.<br> &nbsp;<br> <br> Old clothes, that may come back into style, stored in mothballs.<br> Grandma\u2019s wedding dress, showcased in the living room.<br> House brimming with bric-a-brac mementos of past happy times.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> And there she sits, rocking her life away, <br> Yearning for youth, living in Times Gone By, <br> Dead before she died.<br> <br> <br> &nbsp;<br> &nbsp;<br> <br> If that&#8217;s what you want, go for it!<br> <br> But you got\u2019ta know, Sweet Baby,<br> There are alternative paths<br> To choose. <br> 06\/30\/2018<br> &nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life Choices Ancestors hanging on 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