{"id":521,"date":"2024-01-01T20:34:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T01:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/?p=521"},"modified":"2024-01-01T20:34:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T01:34:05","slug":"the-elder-sees-a-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/the-elder-sees-a-way\/","title":{"rendered":"The Elder Sees a Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is a poem I found adapted from Chris Foster&#8217;s &#8220;A Time for Heroes&#8221; (2012). 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