Some things are not to be:
\nWinning the lottery
\nAnd other such things
\nMan can live without
\nFor man can live
\nAs all he needs
\nIs the air to breath
\nAnd the love of a good woman
\nThough without that
\nHe can also live
\nAs he has the air
\nTo breath
\nThough he may not desire to do so
\nDue to not having her love…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some things are not to be: Winning the lottery And other such things Man can live without For man can live As all he needs Is the air to breath And the love of a good woman Though without that He can also live As he has the air To …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[724,145,120],"tags":[201,1211,18,1212],"class_list":["post-1066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heartbreak-poems","category-love-poems","category-non-rhyming-poems","tag-desire","tag-heartbreak","tag-love-poem","tag-non-rhyming-poem","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-hc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1534,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/life-flies-by\/","url_meta":{"origin":1066,"position":0},"title":"Life Flies By","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"14th March 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Villages fly by as I Life's eternal wanderer Who seeks to put down root From where his people came Do not stop to see, to walk explore These places I have passed through before But just see them pass Through the grimy window Of a boneshaking bus. 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