{"id":138782,"date":"2023-09-03T01:06:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T05:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=138782"},"modified":"2023-09-03T01:06:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T05:06:19","slug":"the-perfect-recipe-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/the-perfect-recipe-16\/","title":{"rendered":"The perfect recipe #16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take equal parts desire and regret<br \/>\nA cup of commitment<br \/>\nAn ounce of common sense<br \/>\nOr better yet<br \/>\nLeave that til the end<br \/>\nProbably fitter<br \/>\nOr the mix will spoil and be bitter<br \/>\nPour in a healthy dollop of gullibility<br \/>\nGrate some nerves<br \/>\nAnd irresponsibility<br \/>\nTurn up the heat at the start<br \/>\nHotter than all hell on fire<br \/>\nThen add your mix<br \/>\nTo the sacrifical pyre<br \/>\nHalf way through you&#8217;ll need<br \/>\nTo do something peculiar<br \/>\nYou won&#8217;t understand why<br \/>\nAnd might feel like a fool, yeah?<br \/>\nTransfer it all to the freezer<br \/>\nJust follow the instructions<br \/>\nIt doesn&#8217;t matter if it falls<br \/>\nIf you want to please her.<br \/>\nSwing back and forth<br \/>\nFrom volcano to glacier<br \/>\nUntil in the end<br \/>\nThat doesn&#8217;t even phase you<br \/>\nThen turn it upside down<br \/>\nTo take it out cos it&#8217;s cooked through<br \/>\nAt that point add your common sense<br \/>\nAnd instead of beating the oven tray<br \/>\nLike a dead horse<br \/>\nJust chuck it in the bin<br \/>\nAnd file for divorce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take equal parts desire and regret A cup of commitment An ounce of common sense Or better yet Leave that til the end Probably fitter Or the mix will spoil and be bitter Pour in a healthy dollop of gullibility Grate some nerves And irresponsibility&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4830,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138782","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\/4830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139575,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138782\/revisions\/139575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}