{"id":1564,"date":"2020-02-10T10:39:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T15:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2020-02-10T10:39:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T15:39:59","slug":"up-a-notch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1564","title":{"rendered":"Up a Notch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dixville Notch, the nation&#8217;s crotch,<\/p>\n<div>is set to cast first vote.<\/div>\n<div>The process, which they seldom botch,<\/div>\n<div>is let five bottles float.<\/div>\n<div>With picks inside, they ride the tide<\/div>\n<div>along New Hampshire&#8217;s shore.<\/div>\n<div>&#8216;Til someone finds them, brings inside,<\/div>\n<div>and then we know the score.<\/div>\n<div>It may be days or even weeks<\/div>\n<div>before they wash back in.<\/div>\n<div>And every eager candidate<\/div>\n<div>seeks those five votes to win.<\/div>\n<div>The tiny town retains its crown<\/div>\n<div>way up there in the sticks.<\/div>\n<div>While bigger cities tear them down<\/div>\n<div>as just a bunch of hicks.<\/div>\n<div>But Dixville Notchers won&#8217;t be cowed<\/div>\n<div>by them there city slicks.<\/div>\n<div>They savor every vote allowed.<\/div>\n<div>Some day there might be six.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dixville Notch, the nation&#8217;s crotch, is set to cast first vote. The process, which they seldom botch, is let five bottles float. With picks inside, they ride the tide along New Hampshire&#8217;s shore. &#8216;Til someone &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1564\">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":[],"class_list":["post-1564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2220,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2220","url_meta":{"origin":1564,"position":0},"title":"Gory Story","author":"Rick Young","date":"November 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Today we learned of RINO's and dead dogs at the polls. Apparently all zombies weren't removed from voter rolls. 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