{"id":24,"date":"2018-09-07T14:38:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T14:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmictigre.wordpress.com\/?p=24"},"modified":"2020-04-30T00:24:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T00:24:49","slug":"homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejachaniah.com\/test\/homecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming: A Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I chose to come home<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To myself <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like a prodigal child<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was ungrateful<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blind to all<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wonders in my life<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I set out on a journey <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span 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