{"id":652,"date":"2010-05-02T18:30:51","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T08:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=652"},"modified":"2010-05-02T18:30:51","modified_gmt":"2010-05-02T08:30:51","slug":"ode-to-dave-on-his-50th-by-marie-rea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=652","title":{"rendered":"Ode to Dave on his 50th by Marie Rea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I never thought I&#8217;d pen a poem dedicated to my partner<br \/>\nnow that I&#8217;m older and certainly not wiser. I&#8217;ll tell you what . . .<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been cheerful as a brat since I&#8217;ve settled down under.<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s to thank? Dave you should ask? No one else . . .<br \/>\nJust this man Dave, he&#8217;s my mate! Yes! Dave&#8217;s my mate.<\/p>\n<p>They say it&#8217;s fate, mostly rosy and gay our lives tend to sway<br \/>\nTo bed, one day &#8220;I&#8217;ll read,&#8221; he&#8217;d say check it out, for sure<br \/>\nthe book&#8217;s upside down anyway! Life&#8217;s no hassle, only his sleep&#8217;s a struggle, roaring like a lion, he&#8217;ll put you out of action. <\/p>\n<p>As a dad, he&#8217;s better than good. Our two lads are assured, they&#8217;re pampered and secured. Lots of love, full of hugs not short of kisses, let me add. But then again, not faultless is my man. He&#8217;ll huff and puff, explode in big laughs, with his tummy full of stuff, threatening to erupt, To the john! quick as lightning he&#8217;ll strut! \u2013 ? by Marie Rea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never thought I&#8217;d pen a poem dedicated to my partner now that I&#8217;m older and certainly not wiser. I&#8217;ll tell you what . . . I&#8217;ve been cheerful as a brat since I&#8217;ve settled down under. Who&#8217;s to thank? Dave you should ask? No one else . . . Just this man Dave, he&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}