{"id":1242,"date":"2018-05-01T15:10:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T19:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2018-05-02T07:35:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T11:35:38","slug":"may-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1242","title":{"rendered":"May Day 49"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forty nine questions.<br \/>\nThe croaker croaks.<br \/>\nThe tweeter tweets.<br \/>\nThe garden of heathens<br \/>\nis showing its colors.<br \/>\nIn the weeds predators huddle.<br \/>\nSeeds of democracy are scattered.<br \/>\nWe must be active gardeners<br \/>\nto insure truth must flower.<br \/>\nAnd spring may clean<br \/>\nour great distress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty nine questions. The croaker croaks. The tweeter tweets. The garden of heathens is showing its colors. In the weeds predators huddle. Seeds of democracy are scattered. 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