{"id":135488,"date":"2023-09-02T19:04:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T23:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=135488"},"modified":"2023-09-02T19:04:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T23:04:07","slug":"10-porcupines-beware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/10-porcupines-beware\/","title":{"rendered":"10   Porcupines beware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They have chewed the doors and more<\/p>\n<p>Chewed the window sills and steps<\/p>\n<p>They come at night when you&#8217;re asleep<\/p>\n<p>Looking for salty treats to gnaw<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Paint and stain are gone<\/p>\n<p>The wood is ruined and revealed<\/p>\n<p>Repairs are sad and difficult<\/p>\n<p>Perps have waddled into the night<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find old socks with no toe holes<\/p>\n<p>Gather round smelly mothball orbs<\/p>\n<p>Bury five or eight pieces down deep<\/p>\n<p>Rubber band the ankles tight<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Place loaded socks near destruction<\/p>\n<p>An honest warning to all who enter<\/p>\n<p>Each year will need repeating for<\/p>\n<p>Ghostly creatures remain vigilant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They have chewed the doors and more Chewed the window sills and steps They come at night when you&#8217;re asleep Looking for salty treats to gnaw &nbsp; Paint and stain are gone The wood is ruined and revealed Repairs are sad and difficult Perps have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":273,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135488","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\/273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135642,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135488\/revisions\/135642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}