{"id":3465,"date":"2016-02-17T09:43:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T17:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=3465"},"modified":"2016-02-23T20:43:36","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T04:43:36","slug":"stoic-garden-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=3465","title":{"rendered":"Stoic Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No tree says\u00a0flowering is better<br \/>\nthan bearing fruit, just lovers, who embrace<br \/>\nthe faith we belong to homo sapiens,<br \/>\nthat nostalgic species, the one which takes<br \/>\nthe egotism of dying for its own,<br \/>\nlonging for perfect flowers and fruit.<br \/>\nLike hummingbirds, themselves deciduous<br \/>\nleaves which perish if trapped in airlessness,<br \/>\nthey flit from one lush shrub to another,<br \/>\nsucking at salvia and drooping fushia,<br \/>\ndrones darting off to persist, if at all,<br \/>\nin retinal afterglow, green\u00a0for red,<br \/>\nabsence for the flutter of\u00a0a wing,<br \/>\na heartbeat for a spasm.<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\n<i>Babcock peach blossom at sunset on 16 Feb 2016 \u2013 the first of the new year in Orange County.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Peach-blossom-16.02.2016.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3466\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3466 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Peach-blossom-16.02.2016-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Peach Blossom 16.02.2016\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Peach-blossom-16.02.2016-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Peach-blossom-16.02.2016-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Peach-blossom-16.02.2016-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&lt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/pastis\/pastis\/\">Beauty is the Memory of the Flesh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_3465\"  data-site_id=\"56b78e2ba4c688a2131dca0b\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=3465\"  data-item_title=\"Stoic Garden\"  data-item_date=\"2016-02-17T09:43:42-08:00\"  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>No tree says\u00a0flowering is better than bearing fruit, just lovers, who embrace the faith we belong to homo sapiens, that nostalgic species, the one which takes the egotism of dying for its own, longing for perfect flowers and fruit. 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