{"id":12386,"date":"2015-06-14T00:47:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T04:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=12386"},"modified":"2015-06-14T00:47:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T04:47:04","slug":"aesops-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/aesops-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Aesop&#8217;s Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turtles are a sluggish lot<\/p>\n<p>carrying armor on their back,<\/p>\n<p>swathing their soul with care.<\/p>\n<p>Most of us think we are burdened<\/p>\n<p>when the truth reveals<\/p>\n<p>that it is easier to be<\/p>\n<p>The bearer of hard tidings<\/p>\n<p>than the ones who<\/p>\n<p>remain to survive.<\/p>\n<p>Turtles are a hardy lot<\/p>\n<p>tough, thriving, long<\/p>\n<p>valued by those who<\/p>\n<p>favor the underdog in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Sturdy, loyal destined to<\/p>\n<p>survive under estimation.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrated turtle won the race<\/p>\n<p>rabbit was too flighty, erratic<\/p>\n<p>not inured by woe or despair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turtles are a sluggish lot carrying armor on their back, swathing their soul with care. Most of us think we are burdened when the truth reveals that it is easier to be The bearer of hard tidings than the ones who remain to survive. Turtles&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12391,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12386\/revisions\/12391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}