{"id":171,"date":"2010-03-18T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jessicamannion.com\/?p=171"},"modified":"2018-03-08T20:23:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T01:23:01","slug":"poems-from-the-past-leopard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jessicamannion.com\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Poems from the past: Leopard"},"content":{"rendered":"

If I had a leopard
\nI’d take him for walks
\nIn the park.<\/p>\n

And no one would pester
\nOr bother or bug me
\nAfter dark.<\/p>\n

And I would be happy
\nAs free as could be;
\nI’d be proud.<\/p>\n

For I would have no one,
\nNot no one to fear …
\nExcept my leopard.<\/p>\n

— Jessica Mannion, appx. 1990<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If I had a leopard I’d take him for walks In the park. And no one would pester Or bother or bug me After dark. And I would be happy As free as could be; I’d be proud. For I would have no one, Not no one to fear … Except my leopard. — Jessica … Continue reading Poems from the past: Leopard<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[17],"tags":[81,49,25],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jessicamannion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PantherInTheSnow.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9TvP3-2L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":170,"url":"https:\/\/www.jessicamannion.com\/?p=170","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":0},"title":"Poems from the Past: Clearly Stated","date":"March 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A goofy little brain-twister poem I wrote ... ----------------------------------------------- Clearly Stated What I am is here to be; What I be is who I am, And am is I -- for where I be Depends not on yourself, but me. ---------------------------------------------------","rel":"","context":"In "Poetry"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4113,"url":"https:\/\/www.jessicamannion.com\/?p=4113","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":1},"title":"Bullshit Lit","date":"August 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Had a couple of my more experimental poems published at Bullshit Lit. 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