{"id":5856,"date":"2018-12-04T10:03:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T16:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog\/?p=5856"},"modified":"2019-08-08T11:04:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T16:04:42","slug":"the-monarch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog\/archives\/5856\/the-monarch-2","title":{"rendered":"The Monarch"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6005\" src=\"http:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dscene-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dscene-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dscene-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dscene-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dscene.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\nGossamer wings, fluttering past,\nturning my head, moving so fast,\nslightly churning, spatting the air,\nfluttering on, without a care.\n\nA thousand miles, a thousand more,\nswiftly flying from shore to shore.\nBright tiny wings, cover vast space\nbrown golden hues, moving with grace.\n\nNever tire, nor energy pall,\ncourse aligned, answering the call.\nWinter is nigh, summer retreats,\ncycle of life, is now complete.\n\n\n<p style='text-align:left'>&copy; 2018 &#8211; 2019, <a href='https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog'>Lekatt<\/a>. 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