{"id":4533,"date":"2022-09-09T01:23:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T08:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/?p=4533"},"modified":"2022-09-08T14:32:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T21:32:56","slug":"220909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/2022\/09\/09\/220909\/","title":{"rendered":"220909"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/images\/2022\/220909.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>220909<br \/>\nThe Boomtown Fats<\/p>\n<p>The chocolate chips inside my mouth<br \/>\nCause sugar overload<br \/>\nAnd nobody&#8217;s gonna send a text today<br \/>\nI&#8217;m gonna hide inside my home<br \/>\nAnd Brownie doesn&#8217;t understand it<br \/>\nI always eat till my belly&#8217;s swolled<br \/>\nAnd Linc can see no presents<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause there are no presents<br \/>\nNo presents for a man fully grown<br \/>\n(Makes me cry) I don&#8217;t like birthdays<br \/>\n(Makes me cry) I don&#8217;t like birthdays<br \/>\n(Makes me cry) I don&#8217;t like birthdays<br \/>\nMy birthday suit don&#8217;t fit me now<br \/>\nNow, now, feel like a cow<br \/>\nThough it&#8217;s my birthday I&#8217;m feeling down right now<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been eating cake for quite a while<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve swallowed too much and soon I&#8217;ll be learning<br \/>\nAnd the lesson today is don&#8217;t eat pie<br \/>\nAnd then the chip bag crackles and I have to tackle<br \/>\nWhy I can&#8217;t see my feet or thighs<br \/>\nAnd I can see no presents<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause there are no presents<br \/>\nJust candy wrappers piled up high, high, oh, oh oh!<br \/>\nAnd the chocolate chips inside my mouth<br \/>\nCause sugar overload oh!<br \/>\nAnd nobody&#8217;s gonna send a text today<br \/>\nI&#8217;m gonna hide inside my home<br \/>\nAnd Brownie doesn&#8217;t understand it<br \/>\nI always eat till my belly&#8217;s swolled<br \/>\nAnd Linc can see no presents<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause there are no presents<br \/>\nNo presents for a man fully grown<br \/>\n(Makes me cry) I don&#8217;t like birthdays<br \/>\n(Makes me cry) I don&#8217;t like birthdays<br \/>\n(Makes me cry) I don&#8217;t like I don&#8217;t like<br \/>\n(Makes me cry) I don&#8217;t like birthdays<br \/>\n(Makes me cry) I don&#8217;t like I don&#8217;t like<br \/>\n(Makes me cry) I don&#8217;t like birthdays<br \/>\n(Makes me cry) I don&#8217;t like birthdays<br \/>\nMy birthday suit don&#8217;t fit me now<\/p>\n<button class=\"responsivevoice-button\" type=\"button\" title=\"ResponsiveVoice Tap to Start\/Stop Speech\" data-rvtts-action=\"speak\" data-rvtts-text=\"220909 The Boomtown Fats The chocolate chips inside my mouth Cause sugar overload And nobody&#039;s gonna send a text today I&#039;m gonna hide inside my home And Brownie doesn&#039;t understand it I always eat till my belly&#039;s swolled And Linc can see no presents &#039;Cause there are no presents No presents for a man fully grown (Makes me cry) I don&#039;t like birthdays (Makes me cry) I don&#039;t like birthdays (Makes me cry) I don&#039;t like birthdays My birthday suit don&#039;t fit me now Now, now, feel like a cow Though it&#039;s my birthday I&#039;m feeling down right now I&#039;ve been eating cake for quite a while I&#039;ve swallowed too much and soon I&#039;ll be learning And the lesson today is don&#039;t eat pie And then the chip bag crackles and I have to tackle Why I can&#039;t see my feet or thighs And I can see no presents &#039;Cause there are no presents Just candy wrappers piled up high, high, oh, oh oh! 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And nobody&#039;s gonna send a text today I&#039;m gonna hide inside my home And Brownie doesn&#039;t understand it I always eat till my belly&#039;s swolled And Linc can see no presents &#039;Cause there are no presents No presents for a man fully grown (Makes me cry) I don&#039;t like birthdays (Makes me cry) I don&#039;t like birthdays (Makes me cry) I don&#039;t like I don&#039;t like (Makes me cry) I don&#039;t like birthdays (Makes me cry) I don&#039;t like I don&#039;t like (Makes me cry) I don&#039;t like birthdays (Makes me cry) I don&#039;t like birthdays My birthday suit don&#039;t fit me now\" data-rvtts-voice=\"US English Male\"><svg class=\"rvtts-icon\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewBox=\"0 0 22 22\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11 0C4.92345 0 0 4.92345 0 11C0 13.2683 0.690345 15.3772 1.86621 17.1221L0.811724 21.0517L4.70345 20.0124C6.48621 21.2641 8.65586 22 11 22C17.0766 22 22 17.0766 22 11C22 4.92345 17.0766 0 11 0ZM3.99793 9.99862C3.99793 9.44483 4.44552 8.99724 4.99931 8.99724C5.5531 8.99724 6.00069 9.44483 6.00069 9.99862V12.0014C6.00069 12.5552 5.5531 13.0028 4.99931 13.0028C4.44552 13.0028 3.99793 12.5552 3.99793 12.0014V9.99862ZM8.99724 13.9966C8.99724 14.5503 8.54966 14.9979 7.99586 14.9979C7.44207 14.9979 6.99448 14.5503 6.99448 13.9966V7.99586C6.99448 7.44207 7.44207 6.99448 7.99586 6.99448C8.54966 6.99448 8.99724 7.44207 8.99724 7.99586V13.9966ZM12.0014 17.0007C12.0014 17.5545 11.5538 18.0021 11 18.0021C10.4462 18.0021 9.99862 17.5545 9.99862 17.0007V4.99931C9.99862 4.44552 10.4462 3.99793 11 3.99793C11.5538 3.99793 12.0014 4.44552 12.0014 4.99931V17.0007ZM14.9979 13.9966C14.9979 14.5503 14.5503 14.9979 13.9966 14.9979C13.4428 14.9979 12.9952 14.5503 12.9952 13.9966V7.99586C12.9952 7.44207 13.4428 6.99448 13.9966 6.99448C14.5503 6.99448 14.9979 7.44207 14.9979 7.99586V13.9966ZM18.0021 12.0014C18.0021 12.5552 17.5545 13.0028 17.0007 13.0028C16.4469 13.0028 15.9993 12.5552 15.9993 12.0014V9.99862C15.9993 9.44483 16.4469 8.99724 17.0007 8.99724C17.5545 8.99724 18.0021 9.44483 18.0021 9.99862V12.0014Z\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"responsivevoice-button__label\">Listen to Poem<\/span><\/button>\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>220909 The Boomtown Fats The chocolate chips inside my mouth Cause sugar overload And nobody&#8217;s gonna send a text today I&#8217;m gonna hide inside my home And Brownie doesn&#8217;t understand it I always eat till my belly&#8217;s swolled And Linc can see no presents &#8216;Cause there are no presents No presents for a man fully &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/2022\/09\/09\/220909\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">220909<\/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":[51,67,40,53,8,26,80,57],"class_list":["post-4533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rhymes","tag-animals","tag-birthday","tag-brownie","tag-food","tag-linc","tag-song","tag-tech","tag-weight-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4533"}],"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=4533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4534,"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4533\/revisions\/4534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stickpersonpoetry.com\/spp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}