{"id":4785,"date":"2014-04-03T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T22:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=4785"},"modified":"2014-04-02T20:20:28","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T03:20:28","slug":"listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=4785","title":{"rendered":"Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Out walking, I was looking around at the new leaves on the trees, and the  flowers popping out, and smelling newly cut grass. As I passed underneath a tree, birds were singing so loudly I almost had to cover my ears. When I stopped to listen for a minute, they quieted down. So I started walking again. <\/p>\n<p>They cheered my departure with another burst of song. <\/p>\n<p>Bastards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out walking, I was looking around at the new leaves on the trees, and the flowers popping out, and smelling newly cut grass. As I passed underneath a tree, birds were singing so loudly I almost had to cover my ears. When I stopped to listen for a minute, they quieted down. 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