{"id":1825,"date":"2013-06-17T15:46:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T15:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/06\/17\/a-kite-is-a-victim-you-are-sure-of-you-love-it\/"},"modified":"2013-06-17T15:46:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T15:46:46","slug":"a-kite-is-a-victim-you-are-sure-of-you-love-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/06\/17\/a-kite-is-a-victim-you-are-sure-of-you-love-it\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

A kite is a victim you are sure of.
\nYou love it because it pulls
\ngentle enough to call you master,
\nstrong enough to call you fool;
\nbecause it lives
\nlike a desperate trained falcon
\nin the high sweet air,
\nand you can always haul it down
\nto tame it in your drawer.<\/p>\n

A kite is a fish you have already caught
\nin a pool where no fish come,
\nso you play him carefully and long,
\nand hope he won’t give up,
\nor the wind die down.<\/p>\n

A kite is the last poem you’ve written
\nso you give it to the wind,
\nbut you don’t let it go
\nuntil someone finds you
\nsomething else to do.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Leonard Cohen, The Spice Box of Earth<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A kite is a victim you are sure of. You love it because it pulls gentle enough to call you master, strong enough to call you fool; because it lives like a desperate trained falcon in the high sweet air, and you can always haul it down to tame it in your drawer. 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