{"id":1403,"date":"2019-06-09T21:09:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T01:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2019-06-09T21:11:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T01:11:05","slug":"we-golden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1403","title":{"rendered":"We Golden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty years of marriage is like sixty years in jail.<\/p>\n<div>There&#8217;s some time off for good behavior and love is the bail.<\/div>\n<div>There were times came close to crimes and some I don&#8217;t remember.<\/div>\n<div>But we shared a half century, new years to December.<\/div>\n<div>Romance hits its warranty somewhere down the line.<\/div>\n<div>But grapes ferment on vines of love to become wine divine.<\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m out on bail again tonight, a half a hundred gone.<\/div>\n<div>But I can sleep in peace again. She&#8217;ll be there at the dawn.<\/div>\n<div>Fifty-fifty are the odds. And odd folks we may be.<\/div>\n<div>But we&#8217;ve played it cool and always aimed for harmony.<\/div>\n<div>Next we play out number fifty one.<\/div>\n<div>I would bet on us. We&#8217;re on a run.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty years of marriage is like sixty years in jail. There&#8217;s some time off for good behavior and love is the bail. There were times came close to crimes and some I don&#8217;t remember. 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