{"id":2407,"date":"2021-02-24T22:57:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T03:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2021-03-12T07:04:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T12:04:47","slug":"the-lead-goose-only-breaks-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2407","title":{"rendered":"The Lead Goose Only Breaks Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Goose Tatum, Goose Gossage and Goose Goslin<br \/>\nused to get in their best vee formation and chase<br \/>\nDucky Medwick, George Crowe, Robin Roberts,<br \/>\nHawk Harrelson and Jose Cardenal around the field.<br \/>\nOccasional drop ins by some other animals livened<br \/>\nthe festivities as Moose, Bull, Panda, Big Cat and<br \/>\nRoadrunner made for excitement and a bit of fear.<\/p>\n<p>For those I have omitted or forgotten, I am sorry.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s you, Turkey, Rabbit, Cobra, Deer, Goat, Colt and Fox.<br \/>\nCatfish, Newt, Penguin and Slug; Crab, Buck and Old Hoss.<br \/>\nMad Dog, Bulldog, Crime Dog,\u00a0 Doggie; Rooster, Spider, Flea.<\/p>\n<p>Ryno, Paw Paw, Vulture, Fly, Gnat, The Rat and Kitty.<br \/>\nToro, Shark, Gator, The Bee, Sugar Bear, Polar Bear, Ant.<br \/>\nAnd leave out The Iron Horse and the Grey Eagle we can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>{Broken Up in the spirit of Lawrence Ferlinghetti. R.I.P.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goose Tatum, Goose Gossage and Goose Goslin used to get in their best vee formation and chase Ducky Medwick, George Crowe, Robin Roberts, Hawk Harrelson and Jose Cardenal around the field. Occasional drop ins by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2407\">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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1165,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1165","url_meta":{"origin":2407,"position":0},"title":"Feb. 14th, the Ground Hog&#8217;s Day of Love","author":"Rick Young","date":"February 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I love you more than stomach trouble, Double Bubble or the Hubble. More than guacamole dip, sit and sip, chocolate chip. Even more than ham and eggs, cribbage pegs, chicken legs. 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