{"id":1403,"date":"2015-01-24T13:47:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T13:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2015-01-24T13:47:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T13:47:12","slug":"cupid-the-hitman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/cupid-the-hitman\/","title":{"rendered":"Cupid the Hitman"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2185\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2185\" alt=\"Cupid from Galatea by Raphael\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Cupid-the-Hitman-1024x358.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"216\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cupid from Galatea by Raphael<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There&#8217;s a little fella flying,<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s appearing here and there,<br \/>\nStriking victims at random,<br \/>\nHe can appear anywhere!<\/p>\n<p>The police put out a description&#8230;<br \/>\nA chubby cherub with wings&#8230;<br \/>\nKnown to strike folk by twos!<br \/>\nAfflict them with love, and all that brings!<\/p>\n<p>The Garda are looking for him&#8230;<br \/>\nThe ERU have been deployed!<br \/>\nThe Irish Army are being mobilized &#8211;<br \/>\nBut all their plans have been destroyed!<\/p>\n<p>This funny flying fugitive,<br \/>\nHas got some victims more&#8230;<br \/>\nThe authorities have given up!<br \/>\nAnd all lovers hearts are sore&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So, keep a wary eye out for him&#8230;<br \/>\nPolice and army are advising all&#8230;<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s shooting arrows indiscriminately&#8230;<br \/>\nVictims in love they fall!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a little fella flying, He&#8217;s appearing here and there, Striking victims at random, He can appear anywhere! The police put out a description&#8230; A chubby cherub with wings&#8230; Known to strike folk by twos! Afflict them with love, and all that brings! The Garda are looking for him&#8230; The &#8230;<\/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":[89,145],"tags":[505,1590,93,293,1591],"class_list":["post-1403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny-poems","category-love-poems","tag-cupid","tag-funny-love-poem","tag-funny-poem","tag-romance","tag-valentines-day","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-mD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":305,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/consequences-of-a-drunken-cupid\/","url_meta":{"origin":1403,"position":0},"title":"Consequences of a Drunken Cupid","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"15th January 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I love you , I hate you at the same time\" he said As she sobbing, begged him to stay Two drunken lovers fighting in the street As past them I went on my way. 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