{"id":162,"date":"2025-05-05T00:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T00:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexistheamoeba.com\/?p=162"},"modified":"2025-05-05T00:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T00:57:08","slug":"a-childs-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexistheamoeba.com\/?p=162","title":{"rendered":"A Child&#8217;s Function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Children are not born with jobs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I was born to provide, a function<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To this family of mine, to be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">born with eyes to see, everything<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All the cracks and broken wings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I have seen them pour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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