{"id":3139,"date":"2015-06-20T20:39:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T03:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2016-11-07T15:40:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T23:40:53","slug":"tethering-for-davo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=3139","title":{"rendered":"Tethering &#8211; For Davo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Where do sunflowers turn after dark?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bereft of fullness &amp; warmth, they train<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">aimlessly on the plenitude of stars,<br \/>\nlost in the firmament of illusion.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Is a kite free\u00a0when it snaps its string?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Freedom feels a lot like random tumble.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tethered to a deft hand, kites sail aloft.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Decoupled, they float in liberty down.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do blossoms, as they wither, blame the season?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Or do they think it just another night,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">decline ascribed \u00a0to the absence of light?<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And kites, once loose &amp; fluttering down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">toward earth, are they ever tempted by<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">the futile thought of turning back?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\n<em>Davo, for the record, is my Uncle David Lang, whose long career in aeronautics and space engineering has led him to projects which involve tethering, slings and kites.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_3139\"  data-site_id=\"56b78e2ba4c688a2131dca0b\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=3139\"  data-item_title=\"Tethering - For Davo\"  data-item_date=\"2015-06-20T20:39:54-07:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do sunflowers turn after dark? 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