{"id":2505,"date":"2017-03-07T16:58:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T00:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2017-03-07T16:58:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T00:58:30","slug":"uncle-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2505","title":{"rendered":"Uncle John"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Uncle John<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Uncle John was always sneaking around.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

If not that, he was acting like a clown.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

He is one I wouldn\u2019t trust far.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

He always knows just where you are.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

There is a method to his madness.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I need to figure out his sadness.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

He acts as though he might be depressed.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Then he starts acting as if possessed.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Is the man just crazy as a loon?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Or, just a screw loose, whacky buffoon?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Not much difference, you might say.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

You wouldn\u2019t give him the time of day.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

He is my uncle, so I have to claim him.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Every family has a closet kin.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Not talking about a gay here.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Talking about the \u2018fruitcake,\u2019 I fear.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I have tried talking to him before.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Before I knew, I was out the door.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

What makes him tick needs more scrutiny.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

For, I know he is no fool, you see.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I have a suspicion it is all an act.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It is all an act just to distract.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Whatever his insecurities are?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They have remained a mystery so far.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

But, I won\u2019t give up on him.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

He\u2019s my uncle, that\u2019s not a sin.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

He may be weird, but loveable too.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Who else would give me snuff to chew.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

————————-R.W. Johnson—–(2017)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Uncle John Uncle John was always sneaking around. If not that, he was acting like a clown. He is one I wouldn\u2019t trust far. He always knows just where you are. \u00a0 There is a method to his madness. I need to figure out his sadness. He acts as though he might be depressed. … Continue reading Uncle John<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,24,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-bird-poetry","category-humor","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505\/revisions\/2506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}