{"id":14640,"date":"2023-06-21T14:25:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/?p=14640"},"modified":"2025-11-14T12:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:17:32","slug":"a-typical-day-in-the-life-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2023\/06\/21\/a-typical-day-in-the-life-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"A Typical day in the life of love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61556140010887\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 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class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">Love crawls from a hole<br>like a mouse in the pantry;<br>beware its droppings.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">            Love seeks its shadow<br>            behind its back but can\u2019t turn<br>            fast enough to see.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">Love hangs its sheet on<br>a line in the morning sun.<br>It snaps with the wind.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">            Love takes some sugar<br>            in its tea, reads its tea leaves<br>            with a skeptic\u2019s eye<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">Love waits in gardens<br>beside phlox and peony,<br>pulls at tapered grass.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">            Love hides its fat face<br>            in the bird bath, the water<br>            cooling its red cheeks.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre 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