{"id":856,"date":"2017-02-08T21:38:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T02:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=856"},"modified":"2017-02-08T21:38:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T02:38:17","slug":"rally-song-on-a-wooden-raft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=856","title":{"rendered":"Rally Song on a Wooden Raft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can one in fact remember the green fantasies of youth?<br \/>\nAnd then tend to dismember the last tree lines of the truth?<br \/>\nCan hope and despair wallow in the cauldron of the blood,<br \/>\nAs witches of the soul predict dread ornaments of flood?<br \/>\nCan anybody tell us where an island might appear,<br \/>\nWhen all about the waves of doubt no sign of hope draws near.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can one in fact remember the green fantasies of youth? And then tend to dismember the last tree lines of the truth? 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