(Sorry, this one says some not-nice stuff. It’s about a not-nice person, and in no way reflects the views of the author. \u00a0If you are uncomfortable with strong abusive language, keep scrolling.)<\/p>\n
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You know what I said, girl?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I told the sons-of-bitches they could all fuck off!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n But they\u2019re still out there, spreading lies about <\/span><\/span>us<\/i><\/span><\/span>, kid.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Got to circle the wagons<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n until all this talk dies down.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yes, I say\u201cnigger\u201d if I want to, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n because I sing the blues.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Even B. B. King said I was a white nigger.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Anyway there ain’t no dirty words, kid,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n only hurtin\u2019 words<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n and they only hurt if you listen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n No one’s making you listen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Don’t walk away when I’m talking to you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Call me a bastard?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Call me<\/i> a son-of-a-bitch?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I could shoot you where you stand, girl.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n You don\u2019t talk about a man\u2019s mother<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n unless you are ready to die.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You know I won\u2019t cheat on your mother-<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n don\u2019t roll your goddamn eyes at me!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m not a cheating man.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n You can’t understand it but<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n a man\u2019s word is his bond, his honor;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n aside from whiskey, it\u2019s all he\u2019s got.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Sorry, this one says some not-nice stuff. It’s about a not-nice person, and in no way reflects the views of the author. \u00a0If you are uncomfortable with strong abusive language, keep scrolling.) You know what I said, girl? I told the sons-of-bitches they could…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8523","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\/188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8545,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8523\/revisions\/8545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}