On the eleventh day til Christmas, my Great Aunts gave to me
\nthese haikus about them:<\/p>\n
As Southern Baptists
\ntheir creative expression
\ninvolves Jesus Christ<\/p>\n
Hilda<\/strong>:<\/p>\n stopped at rest stop her curled hair flowing big family dinners connect crocheted squares once again, misplaced Gilda<\/strong>:<\/p>\n her second new car checkerboard patterned teen Christmas present black cat in her yard she says it’s cancer On the eleventh day til Christmas, my Great Aunts gave to me these haikus about them: As Southern Baptists their creative expression involves Jesus Christ Hilda: stopped at rest stop for lunch on a long road trip she ate her napkin her curled hair flowing perfectly pressed church outfit lipstick tarnished teeth big family dinners […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiku","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hildaandgilda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hildaandgilda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hildaandgilda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hildaandgilda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hildaandgilda.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.hildaandgilda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223,"href":"http:\/\/www.hildaandgilda.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hildaandgilda.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hildaandgilda.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hildaandgilda.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nfor lunch on a long road trip
\nshe ate her napkin<\/p>\n
\nperfectly pressed church outfit
\nlipstick tarnished teeth<\/p>\n
\nmarshmallow fruit salads and
\nher cookie delight<\/p>\n
\nmake matching vests and blanket
\nwhile watching Oprah<\/p>\n
\nabandoned in the trashcan,
\nthere are her car keys<\/p>\n
\nshe points the keyless entry
\narms stretched, yells “STAND BACK!”<\/p>\n
\ntons of pink and white bath mats
\ncovering her floor<\/p>\n
\ninherited her old bra
\nnow brown and dingy<\/p>\n
\nshe proclaims, “it’s the devil”
\nold superstitions<\/p>\n
\nhome remedy cured it up
\nrub honey on thighs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"