{"id":90,"date":"2019-11-20T17:04:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T17:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/15-1\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2019-12-06T21:42:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T21:42:19","slug":"who-has-ears","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/poetry\/who-has-ears\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Has Ears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5>by Gale Acuff<\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">One day, if it&#8217;s a day and it couldn&#8217;t<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">be a night, either, I&#8217;ll be dead and up<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">in Heaven, standing in line and waiting<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">to be judged by God, hunting<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">for me in the Book of Life, hunting for<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">my name, that is, and if it&#8217;s not there and<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">it probably won&#8217;t be I guess He&#8217;ll point<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">to the left or right, meaning\u202f&nbsp;<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Get out of<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">this line and into the one for Hell<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, so<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">I will and even though I&#8217;ll want to stand<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><br>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">my ground (I&#8217;m being sent to burn so what<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">else can He do to me that&#8217;s worse?) I&#8217;ll go<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211;I know when I&#8217;m not wanted but maybe<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Satan will learn to love me down below,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">after one of God&#8217;s angels drops me in<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">-to the Lake of Everlasting Fire, I<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">figure that if God and Jesus reject<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">me that I can find someone who needs me<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">in Perdition and like I say if no<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">one in the Good Place wants me around then<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">I&#8217;ll find someone wh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">o does and if by some<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">miracle God tries to redeem me just<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">hear me tell Him, \u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">No thanks, I&#8217;m perfect where<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><br>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">I am.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f I can&#8217;t wait to see the look on<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">His face, if He has one. After Sunday<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">School today I told Miss Hooker my tale,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">she&#8217;s our Sunday School teacher and she had<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">to plop down on her stool and I had to<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">steady her so she wouldn&#8217;t fall but if<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">she had and died to boot she&#8217;d have gone to<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Heaven sure&#8211;I&#8217;m not certain if I did<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the right thing but anyway, as for me,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">just 10, I&#8217;m not saved and will go to Hell<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">if I don&#8217;t get salvation but the more<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">I think about it the less I truly<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">care.\u202f&nbsp;<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Oh my God<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Miss Hooker whimpered&#8211;<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">that&#8217;s<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">simply awful. \u202f<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">She&#8217;s got a way with words.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Gale Acuff One day, if it&#8217;s a day and it couldn&#8217;t&nbsp;be a night, either, I&#8217;ll be dead and up&nbsp;in Heaven, standing in line and waiting&nbsp;to be judged by God, hunting&nbsp;for me in the Book of Life, hunting for&nbsp;my name, that is, and if it&#8217;s not there and&nbsp;it probably won&#8217;t be I guess He&#8217;ll point&nbsp;to <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/poetry\/who-has-ears\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-90","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":567,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions\/567"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}