{"id":672,"date":"2016-01-25T10:15:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T15:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=672"},"modified":"2016-01-25T10:15:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T15:15:59","slug":"gin-rummy-hangover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=672","title":{"rendered":"Gin Rummy Hangover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I knocked when I was holding pairs.<br \/>\nI fell once going up the stairs.<br \/>\nI had a run but no one cares.<br \/>\nThe day after cards is annoying,<br \/>\nthe images burning and cloying.<br \/>\nMy three on your threes.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll take that eight, please.<br \/>\nThe king&#8217;s on his knees<br \/>\nin the bathroom<br \/>\nand shuffling again.<br \/>\nDid I lose? Damn the booze!<br \/>\nWell, next week<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll break even or win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I knocked when I was holding pairs. I fell once going up the stairs. I had a run but no one cares. The day after cards is annoying, the images burning and cloying. My three &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=672\">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":[3,4],"class_list":["post-672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":626,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=626","url_meta":{"origin":672,"position":0},"title":"Diablo Dog","author":"Rick Young","date":"December 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A Spanish pup escaped the pound and headed toward the border. He happened on a frankfurt stand and dared put in an order. \"I'll have a weiner. Make it hot. 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