{"id":869,"date":"2017-03-19T12:40:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T16:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=869"},"modified":"2017-03-19T12:40:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T16:40:15","slug":"taken-by-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=869","title":{"rendered":"Taken by Degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The squares have all been rounded up,<br \/>\na universal wrangle.<br \/>\nWhile life has lost a certain edge,<br \/>\nthere remains the triangle.<br \/>\nThe stars have all been taken down,<br \/>\nno mention of a spangle.<br \/>\nThe artists are all up in arms.<br \/>\nTheir aspirations dangle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The squares have all been rounded up, a universal wrangle. While life has lost a certain edge, there remains the triangle. The stars have all been taken down, no mention of a spangle. 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