{"id":8567,"date":"2014-12-18T05:00:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=8567"},"modified":"2014-12-17T21:30:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T05:30:35","slug":"loves-me-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=8567","title":{"rendered":"Daisy"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a girl in the yard
\nSurrounded by daisies
\nLoves me,
\nLoves me not.
\nLoves me,
\nLoves me not.<\/p>\n

Loves me not?
\nAnd the daisy flies into the pile of wilted stems at her feet. <\/p>\n

She picks another.<\/p>\n

Loves me,
\nLoves me not.
\nLoves me,
\nLoves me not. <\/p>\n

Loves me not. <\/p>\n

Another daisy goes flying. <\/p>\n

Loves me not.
\nLoves. Me. Not. <\/p>\n

Another, flying. <\/p>\n

The pile at her feet grows. <\/p>\n

She keeps picking new daisies. <\/p>\n

Loves me,
\nLoves me not.
\nLoves me,
\nLoves me not. <\/p>\n

Loves me.
\nLoves me.
\nFinally.<\/p>\n

She tucks the daisy behind her ear,
\nKicks the pile of loves me nots out of the way
\nAnd sets out to conquer the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s a girl in the yard Surrounded by daisies Loves me, Loves me not. Loves me, Loves me not. Loves me not? And the daisy flies into the pile of wilted stems at her feet. She picks another. Loves me, Loves me not. Loves me, Loves me not. Loves me not. Another daisy goes flying. … Continue reading Daisy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140706-191531-69331077.jpg?fit=454%2C313&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2eb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2816,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=2816","url_meta":{"origin":8567,"position":0},"title":"Loves Me Not","author":"Michelle","date":"December 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There is someone Sitting in the daisies. 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