{"id":3807,"date":"2010-08-13T05:23:54","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T10:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=3807"},"modified":"2010-08-13T05:23:54","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T10:23:54","slug":"for-gary-and-emerson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=3807","title":{"rendered":"For Gary and Emerson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two of my dearest old friends, about whom I have been concerned for a while:<\/p>\n

It was so nice to hear your voice. <\/p>\n

And because of the question you always ask me every time we talk, I give you The Power of The Dog by Rudyard Kipling<\/p>\n

\nThere is sorrow enough in the natural way
\nFrom men and women to fill our day;
\nAnd when we are certain of sorrow in store,
\nWhy do we always arrange for more?
\nBrothers and sisters, I bid you beware
\nOf giving your heart to a dog to tear.<\/p>\n

Buy a pup and your money will buy
\nLove unflinching that cannot lie–
\nPerfect passsion and worship fed
\nBy a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
\nNevertheless it is hardly fair
\nTo risk your heart to a dog to tear.<\/p>\n

When the fourteen years which Nature permits
\nAre closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,
\nAnd the vet’s unspoken prescription runs
\nTo lethal chambers or loaded guns,
\nThen you will find–it’s your own affair–
\nBut … you’ve given your heart to a dog to tear. <\/p>\n

When the body that lived at your single will,
\nWith its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!)
\nWhen the spirit that answered your every mood
\nIs gone–wherever it goes–for good,
\nYou will discover how much you care,
\nAnd will give your heart to a dog to tear. <\/p>\n

We’ve sorrow enough in the natural way,
\nWhen it comes to burying Christian clay.
\nOur loves are not given, but only lent,
\nAt compound interest of cent per cent.
\nThough it is not always the case, I believe,
\nThat the longer we’ve kept ’em, the more do we grieve:
\nFor, when debts are payable, right or wrong,
\nA short-term loan is as bad as a long–
\nSo why in–Heaven (before we are there)
\nShould we give our hearts to a dog to tear? <\/p>\n

The Power of the Dog
\nby
\nRudyard Kipling<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two of my dearest old friends, about whom I have been concerned for a while: It was so nice to hear your voice. And because of the question you always ask me every time we talk, I give you The Power of The Dog by Rudyard Kipling There is sorrow enough in the natural way […]<\/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-3807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3807"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}