{"id":979,"date":"2015-02-05T01:34:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T01:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=979"},"modified":"2015-02-05T01:34:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T01:34:03","slug":"bon-voyage-1973","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=979","title":{"rendered":"Bon Voyage (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bon Voyage\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n<p>I have a friend who<\/p>\n<p>is going away<\/p>\n<p>and this is indeed a farewell song<\/p>\n<p>But not a sad one<\/p>\n<p>rather a happy prelude to reunions<\/p>\n<p>this is a joyous song<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He is a good man, my friend<\/p>\n<p>somewhat immature, but then<\/p>\n<p>maturity is not a spear to be thrust<\/p>\n<p>but a stalgamite to be grown<\/p>\n<p>and each drop falls slower than<\/p>\n<p>the preceding one<\/p>\n<p>yet firm after calcification<\/p>\n<p>yes my friend will grow<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He is strong, my friend<\/p>\n<p>he is numbered among those<\/p>\n<p>whose strength searches for the<\/p>\n<p>truth and the search for the<\/p>\n<p>truth<\/p>\n<p>is the final goal<\/p>\n<p>the rebirth of man<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He is gentle, my friend<\/p>\n<p>heat warm and soft to people<\/p>\n<p>for he is people and people<\/p>\n<p>are he<\/p>\n<p>warm enough and strong enough<\/p>\n<p>to help the world<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What if there be no reunion<\/p>\n<p>no meeting of time and space<\/p>\n<p>there will be reunion<\/p>\n<p>of scrapbook memories<\/p>\n<p>which like fine wine<\/p>\n<p>can only become better<\/p>\n<p>with time<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>May 1973<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bon Voyage\u00a0 by Marc Mangel I have a friend who is going away and this is indeed a farewell song But not a sad one rather a happy prelude to reunions this is a joyous song &nbsp; He is a good man, my friend somewhat immature, but then maturity is not a spear to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=979\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-979","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":980,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/979\/revisions\/980"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}