{"id":314,"date":"2012-12-07T07:56:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T07:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimandpaul.net\/selfindulgence\/?p=314"},"modified":"2012-12-07T07:56:45","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T07:56:45","slug":"poetry-for-reading-out-loud-at-weddings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jimandpaul.net\/selfindulgence\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Poetry for Reading Out Loud At Weddings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ll be There<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be there my darling, through thick and through thin<br \/>\nWhen your mind\u2019s in a mess and your head\u2019s in a spin<br \/>\nWhen your plane\u2019s been delayed, and you\u2019ve missed the last train.<br \/>\nWhen life is just threatening to drive you insane<br \/>\nWhen your thrilling whodunit has lost its last page<br \/>\nWhen somebody tells you, you\u2019re looking your age<br \/>\nWhen your coffee\u2019s too cool, and your wine is too warm<br \/>\nWhen the forecast said \u201cFine\u201d, but you\u2019re out in a storm<br \/>\nWhen your quick break hotel, turns into a slum<br \/>\nAnd your holiday photos show only your thumb<br \/>\nWhen you park for five minutes in a resident\u2019s bay<br \/>\nAnd return to discover you\u2019ve been towed away<br \/>\nWhen the jeans that you bought in hope or in haste<br \/>\nJust stick on your hips and don\u2019t reach round your waist<br \/>\nWhen the food you most like brings you out in red rashes<br \/>\nWhen as soon as you boot up the bloody thing crashes<br \/>\nSo my darling, my sweetheart, my dear&#8230;<br \/>\nWhen you break a rule, when you act the fool<br \/>\nWhen you\u2019ve got the flu, when you\u2019re in a stew<br \/>\nWhen you\u2019re last in the queue, don\u2019t feel blue<br \/>\n\u2018cause I\u2019m telling you, I\u2019ll be there<br \/>\nI\u2019ll be there for you.<\/p>\n<p>(Louise Cuddon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ll be There I\u2019ll be there my darling, through thick and through thin When your mind\u2019s in a mess and your head\u2019s in a spin When your plane\u2019s been delayed, and you\u2019ve missed the last train. When life is just &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimandpaul.net\/selfindulgence\/?p=314\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,15,16,17],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-insipid","tag-poetry-2","tag-trite","tag-vulgar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimandpaul.net\/selfindulgence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimandpaul.net\/selfindulgence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimandpaul.net\/selfindulgence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimandpaul.net\/selfindulgence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimandpaul.net\/selfindulgence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimandpaul.net\/selfindulgence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimandpaul.net\/selfindulgence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimandpaul.net\/selfindulgence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimandpaul.net\/selfindulgence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimandpaul.net\/selfindulgence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}