{"id":3720,"date":"2020-09-28T12:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T19:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/?p=3720"},"modified":"2020-09-28T12:30:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T19:30:12","slug":"200928","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/2020\/09\/28\/200928\/","title":{"rendered":"200928"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/images\/2020\/200928.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>200928<br \/>\nOffaly is awful<\/p>\n<p>Midlands driving never a blast<br \/>\nMidlands driving gets old real fast<br \/>\nI drove there once, it&#8217;s not for me<br \/>\nSo much turf, all I can see<br \/>\nMidland days feckin&#8217; away to oh fuck those Midland drives<br \/>\nWelly, welly, welly boots<br \/>\nTullamore, Tullamore<br \/>\nWhere is Ballinagar?<br \/>\nTullamore, Tullamore<br \/>\nAthlone or Mullingar?<br \/>\nI drove through there, missed the off ramp<br \/>\nNeeded to wee, my pants got damp<br \/>\nI kept driving to Longford town<br \/>\nNo luck there, no one around<br \/>\nMidland fun? Never begun oh fuck those Midland drives<br \/>\nWelly, welly, welly boots<br \/>\nTullamore, Tullamore<br \/>\nWhere can you get a bite?<br \/>\nTullamore, Tullamore<br \/>\nOr a place for the night?<br \/>\nGot to Sligo, the N4 ends<br \/>\nTold the Midlands, we can&#8217;t be friends<br \/>\nThere and then, I made a vow<br \/>\nWon&#8217;t be back, no way no how<br \/>\nMidland trips are all bullshit and fuck those Midland drives<\/p>\n<button id=\"listenButton1\" class=\"responsivevoice-button\" type=\"button\" value=\"Play\" title=\"ResponsiveVoice Tap to Start\/Stop Speech\"><span>&#128266; Listen to Poem<\/span><\/button>\n        <script>\n            listenButton1.onclick = function(){\n                if(responsiveVoice.isPlaying()){\n                    responsiveVoice.cancel();\n                }else{\n                    responsiveVoice.speak(\"200928 Offaly is awful Midlands driving never a blast Midlands driving gets old real fast I drove there once, it\\'s not for me So much turf, all I can see Midland days feckin\\' away to oh fuck those Midland drives Welly, welly, welly boots Tullamore, Tullamore Where is Ballinagar? Tullamore, Tullamore Athlone or Mullingar? I drove through there, missed the off ramp Needed to wee, my pants got damp I kept driving to Longford town No luck there, no one around Midland fun? Never begun oh fuck those Midland drives Welly, welly, welly boots Tullamore, Tullamore Where can you get a bite? Tullamore, Tullamore Or a place for the night? Got to Sligo, the N4 ends Told the Midlands, we can\\'t be friends There and then, I made a vow Won\\'t be back, no way no how Midland trips are all bullshit and fuck those Midland drives\", \"US English Male\");\n                }\n            };\n        <\/script>\n    \n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=stickpersonpoet\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>200928 Offaly is awful Midlands driving never a blast Midlands driving gets old real fast I drove there once, it&#8217;s not for me So much turf, all I can see Midland days feckin&#8217; away to oh fuck those Midland drives Welly, welly, welly boots Tullamore, Tullamore Where is Ballinagar? Tullamore, Tullamore Athlone or Mullingar? I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/2020\/09\/28\/200928\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">200928<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[45,53,29,26],"class_list":["post-3720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rhymes","tag-automobiles","tag-food","tag-ireland","tag-song"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3721,"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3720\/revisions\/3721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}