{"id":2092,"date":"2019-12-29T18:57:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T02:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/2092-2\/"},"modified":"2019-12-29T19:02:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T03:02:05","slug":"2092-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/2092-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Head\u2019s Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mattress queen
\nStood resiliently
\nHer head held high
\nIt was the head
\nOf a mannequin
\nThe very best one,
\nLifted to the sky.
\nShe’d popped it
\nRight off
\nAs the sun
\nDid rise
\nThough this act she did
\nDespise
\nBut how else
\nThis modern era
\nWe share
\nCould she
\nHead
\nThis body
\nOf state.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The mattress queen Stood resiliently Her head held high It was the head Of a mannequin The very best one, Lifted to the sky. She’d popped it Right off As the sun Did rise Though this act she did Despise But how else This modern era We share Could she Head This body Of state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"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":[2],"tags":[78,188,127,121,159,147,167,123,150,155,152,64],"class_list":["post-2092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-class-war","tag-fable","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","tag-horror","tag-humor","tag-humour","tag-poetry","tag-politics","tag-revolution","tag-satire","tag-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u13S-xK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4183,"url":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/the-apple-of-buddhas-eye\/","url_meta":{"origin":2092,"position":0},"title":"The apple of Buddha’s eye","author":"David Raffin","date":"October 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Buddha sat under a tree. 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