{"id":3999,"date":"2023-11-26T20:27:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3999"},"modified":"2023-11-28T23:04:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T23:04:46","slug":"the-last-laugh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/the-poems\/the-last-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"The last laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The last laugh<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on July 14, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\nNo others heard the piercing screams at night<br \/>\nBut slaughtered souls sang loud inside her mind<br \/>\nInsanity they whispered with delight<br \/>\nAnd rushed to have the cursed papers signed<\/p>\n<p>Infernal tortures filled her waking hours<br \/>\nManiacal and vile in every way<br \/>\nDemented demons robbed her of her powers<br \/>\nAnd left her life in terminal decay<\/p>\n<p>In time she died and false friends feigned their grief<br \/>\nImpiety so clear in every face<br \/>\nThese wretched fools who offered no relief<br \/>\nNow cluster round to claim a central place<\/p>\n<p>Such treachery would be their last mistake<br \/>\nThough doctors strive to see who they can save<br \/>\nA toxic meal is perfect for a wake<br \/>\nAn apparition&#8217;s vengeance from the grave<\/p>\n<p> Author notes<br \/>\nWords used from the bank ..<br \/>\nPiercing, Scream, Slaughter, Soul, Insanity, Cursed, Infernal, Maniacal, Vile,<br \/>\nDemented, Decay, Grief, Impiety, Wretched, Treachery, Toxic, Apparition and<br \/>\nVengeance.<br \/>\nSome in changed form, and as far as I can tell, no hint of crimson &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last laugh by cricketjeff on July 14, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved No others heard the piercing screams at night But slaughtered souls sang loud inside her mind Insanity they whispered with delight And rushed to have the cursed papers signed Infernal tortures filled her waking hours Maniacal and vile in every [&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-3999","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3999","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=3999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7508,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3999\/revisions\/7508"}],"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=3999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}