{"id":930,"date":"2017-08-29T14:10:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T18:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=930"},"modified":"2017-08-29T14:13:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T18:13:51","slug":"my-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=930","title":{"rendered":"My Deer"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are the cat’s pajamas.
\nYou are the dog’s bow tie,
\nthe extra L in llamas,
\nthe owl’s nighttime eye.
\nYou are the sow’s silk purse,
\nthe horse’s lucky shoe.
\nYou taught the bird to curse,
\nnow he’s a cockatoo.
\nYou are the rabbit’s foot.
\nYou make the goats all dance.
\nYou make ’em all stay put
\nwith just a sidelong glance.
\nYou make the mink’s coat silky.
\nYou make the pigeons coo.
\nYou make the cows all milky.
\nYes, I go wild for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You are the cat’s pajamas. You are the dog’s bow tie, the extra L in llamas, the owl’s nighttime eye. You are the sow’s silk purse, the horse’s lucky shoe. You taught the bird to … 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-930","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":2772,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2772","url_meta":{"origin":930,"position":0},"title":"Weigh My Dust.","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"(Note from the author's son: Below is a snippet from one of our email exchanges in June 2021. I felt compelled to share this mention of a title for a poem.) Weight down to 179 today, aiming next\u00a0at high school mark of 150. Then a zen-like 85. New\u00a0poem\u00a0title: \"Weigh My\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":903,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=903","url_meta":{"origin":930,"position":1},"title":"48th Anniversary Poem for N.","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I longed to see the cupcake of your smile. I thought you were my mommy for awhile. You pushed me on a swing until my head was lost. Of course I'd follow you at almost any cost. I'd trail behind your skirt tails like a pet. I'd kiss you 'til\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":506,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=506","url_meta":{"origin":930,"position":2},"title":"Crock","author":"Rick Young","date":"October 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"If you should see a smile upon a crocodile, return to domicile: they're very volatile.","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":575,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=575","url_meta":{"origin":930,"position":3},"title":"Japanese Bed Store","author":"Rick Young","date":"February 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"One futon front of the other. Tatami can you see me?","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":721,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=721","url_meta":{"origin":930,"position":4},"title":"Duality","author":"Rick Young","date":"March 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A grid of was\/saw. A map of state\/etats. A circle of gas\/sag. The world is mad\/dam.","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":510,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=510","url_meta":{"origin":930,"position":5},"title":"Watch","author":"Rick Young","date":"December 31, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Counter terrorism can oft create a schism. Perpetual surveillance makes everyone assailants.","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=930"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":933,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}