{"id":556,"date":"2015-02-05T00:15:30","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T05:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=556"},"modified":"2015-02-05T00:15:30","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T05:15:30","slug":"canine-pound-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=556","title":{"rendered":"Canine Pound Hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"

No pet’s smarter than a dog.
\nI heard someone say it.
\nYou could buy a dog a drum,
\nteach him how to play it.
\nNot the kind that uses sticks;
\nthat would be all wrongo:
\none where he could use his paws,
\ntom-tom like, or bongo.
\nYou could make a ton of change
\ndown the supermarket.
\nEven teach him how to sing,
\nthough he’d have to bark it.
\nPeople exiting the store
\nwould just be struck dumb,
\nwhen they heard that damn dog howl
\n"We Shall Overcome."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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