{"id":3701,"date":"2023-11-26T20:27:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3701"},"modified":"2023-11-28T23:04:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T23:04:47","slug":"the-perfect-gift","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/the-poems\/the-perfect-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"The perfect gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The perfect gift<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on March 17, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\nIn silent deeds a lover&#8217;s instinct shows<br \/>\nHe has to act on everything he knows<br \/>\nHer lover knew the route to her delight<br \/>\nWas hidden in a single midnight rose<\/p>\n<p>The bloom is red yet darker than the night<br \/>\nAnd all her dreams are held within the sight<br \/>\nThe scent as well could carry her away<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s velvet touch has sent her into flight<\/p>\n<p>She runs to him with loving words to say<br \/>\nAnd kisses that suggest her heart&#8217;s at play<br \/>\nThe rose told her his love was strong and true<br \/>\nShe wants to be with him on every day<\/p>\n<p>The payment for the rose has fallen due<br \/>\nIn currency no man can misconstrue<br \/>\nAnd every day the value of it grows<br \/>\nThe deep red rose bade loneliness adieu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The perfect gift by cricketjeff on March 17, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved In silent deeds a lover&#8217;s instinct shows He has to act on everything he knows Her lover knew the route to her delight Was hidden in a single midnight rose The bloom is red yet darker than the night And [&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-3701","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3701","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=3701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7807,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3701\/revisions\/7807"}],"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=3701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}