{"id":4252,"date":"2018-01-06T19:43:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T19:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4252"},"modified":"2018-01-06T19:43:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T19:43:49","slug":"daddy-daughter-and-a-dead-rabbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/daddy-daughter-and-a-dead-rabbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Daddy, Daughter and a Dead Rabbit"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"When<\/a>
When is a Rabbit Not a Good Rabbit?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Daddy and daughter were driving
\nFor the day along the road
\nWhen heading home they hit a bump:
\nWas it a rat or toad?<\/p>\n

Daughter begged Daddy to stop,
\nSee was there anything they could do
\nWhen they did his heart it sank
\nWhen daughter saw it was a bunny too.<\/p>\n

Now daughter she loved bunnies
\nMore than all the kittens of the world
\nDaddy knew daughter had a love for kittens
\nTo describe there was no word.<\/p>\n

Daughter started to cry – he knew she would
\nHe felt a sense of shame
\nFor daddy had a few pints and was driving fast
\nDaddy, Bad Daddy was to blame.<\/p>\n

Sure when they got home, mammy saw the sobs
\nWhere she expected smiles of joy
\nThe tale was told of a dead rabbit
\nDaddy speeding, drinking, daddy a naughty boy!<\/p>\n

“Its not a rabbit” said Daddy
\n“I think it was a hare”
\n“It was, I saw it” she answered
\n“And you killed it… so THERE!”<\/p>\n

“If it was a rabbit, its only vermin,
\nToo many of them around
\nIn every field and garden with crops
\nWith their burrows under the ground”<\/p>\n

“What makes them different than Fluffy?”
\nShe asked, eyes pleading, she held a family pet in her cluthes
\n“Their wanted!” barked Dad “Now put it away
\nWith Floppy back in their hutches”<\/p>\n

The girl was confused and so in tears
\nAs she bid her pets a fond goodnight
\nShe told them how Daddy killed their cousins
\nNot to be scared if the family had a fight.<\/p>\n

When somethings denied its not what it is
\nThat is is whats denied will be proved
\nThen its worth will be derided by those who want to
\nAs a threat to all to be removed.<\/p>\n

It is the same with pet rabbits
\nAs it is with the the unborn
\nSome think they can be disposed of
\nDepending are they in a cage or in the corn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daddy and daughter were driving For the day along the road When heading home they hit a bump: Was it a rat or toad? Daughter begged Daddy to stop, See was there anything they could do When they did his heart it sank When daughter saw it was a bunny …<\/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":[234],"tags":[2357,4077,4078,4076,4079],"class_list":["post-4252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","tag-abortion","tag-dead-pet","tag-roadkill","tag-wanted-or-not","tag-when-is-a-rabbit-a-good-rabbit","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-16A","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2642,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/abortions-for-kittens\/","url_meta":{"origin":4252,"position":0},"title":"Abortions for Kittens","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Verse needs\u00a0 rounding off better as I was unaware of \"speying while pregnant\", which literally is abortions for kittens... 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