{"id":2552,"date":"2016-02-14T07:36:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T07:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2552"},"modified":"2016-02-14T07:40:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T07:40:34","slug":"cursing-the-unlucky-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/cursing-the-unlucky-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Cursing the Unlucky Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

My luck is all right from time to time
\nBut crisis I always find
\nFinds me more the more I seek to avoid
\nFor my stars are never aligned.<\/p>\n

It’s as if the rocky road must we walked
\nUphill the whole way to the top
\nKnowing my luck I will be snowblind
\nWhen on the summit to see the view I stop!<\/p>\n

\"Star
Star chart for today and for my birthdate in 1976!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My luck is all right from time to time But crisis I always find Finds me more the more I seek to avoid For my stars are never aligned. It’s as if the rocky road must we walked Uphill the whole way to the top Knowing my luck I will …<\/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":[7],"tags":[2688,2689,2345,2597],"class_list":["post-2552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-astrology","tag-horoscope","tag-ireland","tag-luck","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Fa","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":565,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-turn-of-luck-an-irish-good-luck-story\/","url_meta":{"origin":2552,"position":0},"title":"The Turn of Luck – An Irish Good Luck Story","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th April 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Life throws men such hardship And misfortune, having no job or work to do, It seems that its unbeatable, And its going to beat you. 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