{"id":161,"date":"2016-07-30T06:42:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T06:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2016-07-30T08:25:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-30T08:25:40","slug":"the-duck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/?page_id=161","title":{"rendered":"The Duck"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The sun, it is rising,
\nAnd with any luck,
\nIt\u2019s egg-laying time
\nIn the day for this duck.<\/p>\n

But it brings me no pleasure,
\nI have to confess.
\nEgg-laying is stressful
\nWhen it\u2019s under duress.<\/p>\n

You lurk here each day
\nWith that glint in your eye.
\nThere must be an egg
\nOr you\u2019ll want to know why.<\/p>\n

You say that I owe you
\nFor your buckets of scrap.
\nAnd Lord how you whinge
\nWhen you step in the<\/p>\n

Mud that I live in.\"\"<\/a>
\nI\u2019m perched in this muck.
\nI try to produce eggs,
\nBut you don\u2019t give a<\/p>\n

Thought to my feelings.
\nNot one little bit.
\nJust whinge if my egg is
\nAll covered in<\/p>\n

Duck down and straw
\nAnd bits of dry grass.
\nYour egg eating needs
\nReally stretch out my<\/p>\n

Tolerance. Your threats
\nDon\u2019t have me bluffed.
\nSo you and that axe can\"\"<\/a>
\nJust go and get<\/p>\n

Marinated chicken
\nFrom down at the shop.
\nAll cleaned and pre-packaged
\nAnd ready to<\/p>\n

Pop in the oven. Oh, I\u2019ve done it!
\nPlease don\u2019t run amok.
\nA lovely fresh egg,
\nFrom your own backyard duck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sun, it is rising, And with any luck, It\u2019s egg-laying time In the day for this duck. But it brings me no pleasure, I have to confess. Egg-laying is stressful When it\u2019s under duress. You lurk here each day With that glint in your eye. There must be an egg Or you\u2019ll want to … Continue reading The Duck<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}