{"id":739,"date":"2016-07-11T20:02:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T00:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=739"},"modified":"2016-07-11T20:02:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T00:02:04","slug":"inky-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=739","title":{"rendered":"Inky Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Somewhere between the felt tip and the ballpoint,<br \/>\nwaving as its flag a typewriter ribbon,<br \/>\nlies in wait the dreaded inky zone.<br \/>\nWhere fingerprints are commonplace<br \/>\nand stamp pads are the norm.<br \/>\nWhere the badge of honor is a broken pen in pocket.<br \/>\nWhere the fountain pen is king<br \/>\nand the inkwell still defines a way of life.<br \/>\nWhere no one except martyrs should wear white.<br \/>\nAnd where the battle cry is still indelible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somewhere between the felt tip and the ballpoint, waving as its flag a typewriter ribbon, lies in wait the dreaded inky zone. Where fingerprints are commonplace and stamp pads are the norm. Where the badge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=739\">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-739","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":458,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=458","url_meta":{"origin":739,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June third","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Jim Gentile, first sacker, had best years in Baltimore. Five slams in one season. Only Mattingly has more. 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