{"id":6889,"date":"2022-05-23T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=6889"},"modified":"2022-05-07T11:35:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T16:35:47","slug":"steve-klepetar-touching-the-cactus-with-a-gentle-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=6889","title":{"rendered":"Steve Klepetar &#8220;Touching the Cactus with a Gentle Hand&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Steve Klepetar<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Touching the Cactus with a Gentle Hand<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>My father worries that our<br \/>\nfingers will bleed, that we lack<br \/>\nthe sense to come home,<\/p>\n<p>but of course that\u2019s the whole point,<br \/>\nto wander in our sorrow until the beaches disappear.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Steve Klepetar<\/strong><\/span> <em>has been named an alternate runner up for the reading Olympics.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Klepetar Touching the Cactus with a Gentle Hand My father worries that our fingers will bleed, that we lack the sense to come home, but of course that\u2019s the whole point, to wander in our sorrow until the beaches disappear. 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