{"id":13181,"date":"2016-12-15T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T06:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/?p=13181"},"modified":"2016-12-09T19:14:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T01:14:59","slug":"where-will-you-spend-eternity-heaven-or-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/archives\/13181","title":{"rendered":"Where Will You Spend Eternity : Heaven or Hell?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8211;from a billboard on I-65 South<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They say what nourishes us\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 also destroys us\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 like the dozen dried up<\/p>\n<p>insects I found\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in a ring around the light bulb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I envy them for knowing<\/p>\n<p>what I don&#8217;t\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 which is how to give love\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 freely without saving some<\/p>\n<p>in an envelope tucked in the back of my sock drawer just in case\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 just in case<\/p>\n<p>I am never able to be open with you\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 here are the facts of the situation<\/p>\n<p>as I see it\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1) you are very pretty\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2) there is a little kid inside of me<\/p>\n<p>worrying you are too pretty\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03) this world I have never been able<\/p>\n<p>to hold at quite the right angle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4) my life means no more than the lazy<\/p>\n<p>downswing of a Louisiana cow&#8217;s tail as we drive by it\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5) this provides a kind of<\/p>\n<p>comfort\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>I went from a pain in the ass to a pretty word\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>you said that<\/p>\n<p>to me in the car and no one else will know what it means\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 which maybe<\/p>\n<p>makes me seem cryptic\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 but even that, I think\u2014turning off the egocentric<\/p>\n<p>desire to connect to strangers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 if it means remembering \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0you more clearly<\/p>\n<p>\u2014is a kind of heaven.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/archives\/13165\">Mikko Harvey<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;from a billboard on I-65 South &nbsp; 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