{"id":807,"date":"2024-09-24T13:07:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/?p=807"},"modified":"2024-09-24T14:38:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:38:28","slug":"my-fathers-flannel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/?p=807","title":{"rendered":"Father&#8217;s Flannel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Worn and soft, the threads still hold, &nbsp;<br>A warmth that lingers, quiet and bold. &nbsp;<br>Plaid like the days he\u2019d spend outside, &nbsp;<br>Wearing it golfing or mowing with pride. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Old Spice lingers, familiar and sweet, &nbsp;<br>Like dust from the trails beneath our feet. &nbsp;<br>Four-wheeling wild, his laugh in the air, &nbsp;<br>Mischievous smile, free without a care. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I see him sitting on the dock, drinking a beer, \u00a0<br>Sun on his face, summer drawing near. \u00a0<br>That red-worn flannel, faded and thin,<br>Faded like the pictures of him. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will I ever stop missing him? &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though he\u2019s gone, the fabric remains, &nbsp;<br>A silent echo through life&#8217;s refrains. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worn and soft, the threads still hold, &nbsp;A warmth that lingers, quiet and bold. &nbsp;Plaid like the days he\u2019d spend outside, &nbsp;Wearing it golfing or mowing with pride. &nbsp; Old Spice lingers, familiar and sweet, &nbsp;Like dust from the trails beneath our feet. &nbsp;Four-wheeling wild, his laugh in the air, &nbsp;Mischievous smile, free without a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,46,7,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-death","category-healing","category-poetry","category-reflection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":826,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions\/826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}