{"id":2672,"date":"2022-04-01T05:09:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T09:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2022-04-01T05:09:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T09:09:04","slug":"i-pity-the-april-fool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2672","title":{"rendered":"I Pity the April Fool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who&#8217;ll be the April fool?<\/p>\n<div>Someone we thought was cool?<\/div>\n<div>Someone who wages war?<\/div>\n<div>Someone whose face is sore?<\/div>\n<div>April fools thrive on showers,<\/div>\n<div>don&#8217;t even care for flowers,<\/div>\n<div>may have sought insurrection,<\/div>\n<div>acted without reflection.<\/div>\n<div>April fools think &#8216;play ball&#8217;<\/div>\n<div>means hear the master&#8217;s call.<\/div>\n<div>April fools will never say<\/div>\n<div>what happened on that day,<\/div>\n<div>hoping it goes away<\/div>\n<div>any time short of May.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who&#8217;ll be the April fool? Someone we thought was cool? Someone who wages war? Someone whose face is sore? April fools thrive on showers, don&#8217;t even care for flowers, may have sought insurrection, acted without &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2672\">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-2672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1682,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1682","url_meta":{"origin":2672,"position":0},"title":"Word to the Wise Guys","author":"Rick Young","date":"April 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"It's not cool this April fool to play tricks on outsiders. 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