{"id":2927,"date":"2022-11-06T20:10:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T20:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2022-11-06T20:12:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T20:12:04","slug":"why-rake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=2927","title":{"rendered":"Why Rake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7994.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7994-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2930\" width=\"508\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7994-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7994-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7994-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7994-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_7994.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That patch of clean clear grass will last only as long as I stand there, brown elm leaves<br \/>falling around me, and yet I keep raking. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sea of leaves will overtake us, as will early darkness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I keep stuffing them in bags, happily trouncing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask Job, I say joyously. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clapping the piles to my chest: the only thing I can only believe in is the absurd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaf them their, they\u2019ll melt like snow, or will they?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their crisp peering skins&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the brown leaf, waves, the surging sea of them.&nbsp; If I made piles of leaves to jump in, the kids in the dorm next-door would all come&nbsp;for their goalless pleasure.&nbsp; In the name of decomposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Animals, funghi.&nbsp; There is always funk before recreation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That patch of clean clear grass will last only as long as I stand there, brown elm leavesfalling around me, and yet I keep raking. &nbsp; The sea of leaves will overtake us, as will early darkness.&nbsp; I keep stuffing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=2927\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[327,1227],"class_list":["post-2927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-autumn","tag-dump-theory"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4D5qU-Ld","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2927"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2931,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2927\/revisions\/2931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}