{"id":25,"date":"2014-08-02T11:09:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T11:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=25"},"modified":"2014-08-08T11:13:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T11:13:12","slug":"one-trick-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/one-trick-pony\/","title":{"rendered":"One Trick Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<address>\n<figure style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drawception.com\/pub\/panels\/2012\/9-24\/NBGkwBAeBa-2.png\" alt=\"We all know the sort, they have one string to their bow, yet fault others who try and try for what they do. It can be insecurity as much as anything on their part, but with others it can be damned annoying for all the hassle they cause.\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">We all know the sort, they have one string to their bow, yet fault others who try and try for what they do. It can be insecurity as much as anything on their part, but with others it can be damned annoying for all the hassle they cause.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The one trick pony does its dance<br \/>\nA dance we all enjoy<br \/>\nBut the other ponies that do more than dance<br \/>\nIt seeks and plots to destroy.<\/p>\n<p>Itis a pity the one trick pony cannot be happy<br \/>\nThat others enjoy it at its dance and play<br \/>\nThat it is too jeaous it cannot sing opera<br \/>\nBut will destroy each chorus with its neigh<\/p><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The one trick pony does its dance A dance we all enjoy But the other ponies that do more than dance It seeks and plots to destroy. Itis a pity the one trick pony cannot be happy That others enjoy it at its dance and play That it is too &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,50,52],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-satire","tag-poets","tag-satire-2","tag-satire-on-poets","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-p","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1361,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/if-poets-had-consequence\/","url_meta":{"origin":25,"position":0},"title":"If Poets Had Consequence","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th September 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In bardic Ireland, a satire poem so destroyed a kings reputation he would have to give up his crown. 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