{"id":2561,"date":"2021-09-26T10:49:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T14:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2021-09-26T10:49:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T14:49:26","slug":"hawk-spa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2561","title":{"rendered":"Hawk Spa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thrown open are the windows and fresh banana peels to the crows!<br \/>\nThe hawk has paid a visit.<br \/>\nAfter rains he frequently shows up at the top of the tallest tree outside my window,<br \/>\nwhere, first, he dries, sitting like a block, until, shaking, he begins to unruffle.<br \/>\nThe branch is his occasional spa, where he stretches, does bird pilates,<br \/>\nsalutes the sun, which appeared, after he did, and does some shoulder rotation.<br \/>\nAfter some head swiveling and neck lengthening, he&#8217;s ready for flight.<br \/>\nA long reach down to the leaves below and there he goes. Kick. Glide. Kick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thrown open are the windows and fresh banana peels to the crows! The hawk has paid a visit. After rains he frequently shows up at the top of the tallest tree outside my window, where, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2561\">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-2561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2407,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2407","url_meta":{"origin":2561,"position":0},"title":"The Lead Goose Only Breaks Wind","author":"Rick Young","date":"February 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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