{"id":2744,"date":"2023-11-26T20:28:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2744"},"modified":"2023-11-28T23:04:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T23:04:45","slug":"the-biter-bit-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/the-poems\/the-biter-bit-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The biter bit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The biter bit<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on May 17, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\nI try to fight for all that&#8217;s right<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll tell you in this song<br \/>\nI use my might to spread the light<br \/>\nBut sometimes things go wrong<\/p>\n<p>A two-edged sword, I shall record<br \/>\nIs dangerous to use<br \/>\nYou can get floored or even gored<br \/>\nBy weapons that you choose<\/p>\n<p>The deeds you do rebound on you<br \/>\nThe price is yours to pay<br \/>\nAnd all too few are helpers who<br \/>\nWill turn this tide away<\/p>\n<p>When there are flaws you find the cause<br \/>\nBut don&#8217;t reveal the blame<br \/>\nMistakes aren&#8217;t yours but mucky paws<br \/>\nWill try to shift the blame<\/p>\n<p>You help a friend but to what end<br \/>\nGood deeds are met with scorn<br \/>\nThey&#8217;ll often bend what you intend<br \/>\nAnd leave your spirit torn<\/p>\n<p>The truth they say will find a way<br \/>\nBut lies will do so too<br \/>\nWhen others prey on truth today<br \/>\nThe mud will stick to you<\/p>\n<p>If you must fight for wrong or right<br \/>\nAccept the truth of it<br \/>\nAll day and night in dark or light<br \/>\nEach biter ends up bit<br \/>\n Author notes<br \/>\nWell it rhymes and scans I think, but I&#8217;m not too sure it is on prompt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biter bit by cricketjeff on May 17, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved I try to fight for all that&#8217;s right I&#8217;ll tell you in this song I use my might to spread the light But sometimes things go wrong A two-edged sword, I shall record Is dangerous to use You can get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9742,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2744","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8765,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2744\/revisions\/8765"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}