{"id":7268,"date":"2023-04-10T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=7268"},"modified":"2023-04-09T12:21:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T17:21:52","slug":"corey-mesler-christopher-columbus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=7268","title":{"rendered":"Corey Mesler &#8220;Christopher Columbus&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Corey Mesler<\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Christopher Columbus<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"vfgef6M6oSaddM6pChR2\">\n<div class=\"gIgFccyVflVKEh5Hk0ZR\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"figure\">\n<div class=\"CoYTWXXKdjSwW5ACD3Os\" lang=\"en-US\" data-notranslate=\"true\">\n<div class=\"page\" role=\"region\" data-page-number=\"1\" aria-label=\"Page 1\" data-loaded=\"true\">\n<div class=\"textLayer\">\n<p>The ghost of my father<br \/>\nis Christopher Columbus<br \/>\nas he disembarks and<br \/>\nfinds everything around<br \/>\nhim so unfamiliar<br \/>\nthat he doesn\u2019t feel<br \/>\ncomfortable in this new<br \/>\nland, back among the living,<br \/>\nwho are as quiet as ghosts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"endOfContent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Corey Mesler<\/strong> <\/span><em>has published over 30 books of fiction and\/or poetry, and with his wife he runs Burke\u2019s Book Store (est. 1875) in Memphis.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corey Mesler Christopher Columbus The ghost of my father is Christopher Columbus as he disembarks and finds everything around him so unfamiliar that he doesn\u2019t feel comfortable in this new land, back among the living, who are as quiet as ghosts. 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