{"id":1040,"date":"2017-12-27T03:09:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T08:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2017-12-27T03:24:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T08:24:26","slug":"the-rarity-of-dexterity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1040","title":{"rendered":"The Rarity of Dexterity"},"content":{"rendered":"

That I cannot play the guitar any better than I do
\nafter fifty years of trying’s disappointing.
\nBad hand neurons.
\nBrain lanes blocked by Mighty Mouse and Whitey Ford.
\nMy only little league hit was a bunt. Live pitching
\nwas very different from pinkball off the garage door.
\nHand-eye coordination disturbed by strange vibration.
\nProbably "Sweet Little Sixteen." Chuck often took the blame.
\nAnd bad sneakers was always a good excuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That I cannot play the guitar any better than I do after fifty years of trying’s disappointing. Bad hand neurons. Brain lanes blocked by Mighty Mouse and Whitey Ford. My only little league hit was … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-1040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":956,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=956","url_meta":{"origin":1040,"position":0},"title":"Dream Solid","author":"Rick Young","date":"October 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"My alter ego is in prison. He acts out more than I. In his early days of crime, he'd wink as I stood by. 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