{"id":1776,"date":"2020-05-21T10:04:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T14:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2020-05-21T10:04:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T14:04:18","slug":"rocket-roger-cress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1776","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Roger Cress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Little yellow trumpet bells, Rocket Cress by name,<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>found beside familiar roads, sunshine is its game.<\/div>\n<div>In the mustard family, cabbage&#8217;s moist cousin,<\/div>\n<div>let it grow to flowering. You might want a dozen.<\/div>\n<div>Some consider it invasive, find its presence nervy.<\/div>\n<div>They may not know that the cress was once used to cure scurvy.<\/div>\n<div>When its family gathers, it is quite a great array.<\/div>\n<div>Bok choy, turnips, broccoli and rutabagas, hey !<\/div>\n<div>Rocket Cress, God has blessed you with great diversity,<\/div>\n<div>but a taste so bitter, kids hate universally.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;More for us,&#8221; the grownups cry, &#8220;bring on the collard greens.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>And mustard seed,&#8221; cry those who like to frequent hot dog scenes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little yellow trumpet bells, Rocket Cress by name, found beside familiar roads, sunshine is its game. In the mustard family, cabbage&#8217;s moist cousin, let it grow to flowering. You might want a dozen. Some consider &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1776\">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-1776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":505,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=505","url_meta":{"origin":1776,"position":0},"title":"Long Shot","author":"Rick Young","date":"October 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"If I had money in my pocket, I'd lend it on the spot, like betting on a rocket to hit a microdot. Anything is possible if you can beat the odds. All it takes is good relations with prevailing gods. 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