{"id":2403,"date":"2021-02-19T07:55:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T12:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2403"},"modified":"2021-03-12T07:05:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T12:05:08","slug":"pandemic-lullaby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2403","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Lullaby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Goodnight kids. O goodnight kids.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s time now for\u00a0going to sleep.<br \/>\nJust drop yourselves down into seams<br \/>\nof dreams and cuddle, all warm, in the deep.<br \/>\nThen wake up in the morning,<br \/>\nto a newly risen sun,<br \/>\nsignalling with sighs and smiles<br \/>\nanother day begun.<br \/>\nYou can dance happily in the animal woods<br \/>\nand swim in the lakes of the clouds.<br \/>\nIn afternoons, wisdom, romance and respect<br \/>\ncan be worn every day as your shrouds.<br \/>\nAnd play, then, &#8217;til well into evening,<br \/>\nand read your books unto the night.<br \/>\nThe concept of dark that surrounds you<br \/>\nshall inspire your vision of light.<br \/>\nThen sleep will come calling you softly,<br \/>\nand make sure that everything&#8217;s right.<br \/>\nAnother day passed. It won&#8217;t be the last.<br \/>\nSo, goodnight, you sweet kids. Good night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goodnight kids. O goodnight kids. It&#8217;s time now for\u00a0going to sleep. Just drop yourselves down into seams of dreams and cuddle, all warm, in the deep. Then wake up in the morning, to a newly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2403\">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-2403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":557,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=557","url_meta":{"origin":2403,"position":0},"title":"Felonious Monkey","author":"Rick Young","date":"February 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Who robbed the teddy of its sleep by whispering of lions? 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