{"id":35,"date":"2020-12-27T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poetry.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=35"},"modified":"2020-12-27T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T01:00:00","slug":"the-day-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-day-after\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day After"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn99021999\/1912-12-27\/ed-1\/seq-6\/\">Omaha Daily Bee, December 27, 1912<\/a>.<\/em>\n \n\n The stockings all are empty and brand new toys are broke,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; The Christmas tree\u2019s a bit the worse for wear,\n Good Santa Claus has vanished for another year, at least,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And his pocketbook is making papa swear.\n The doctors are quite busy making flying calls about,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; For Willie and poor Mamie have a pain,\n But had such fun that in despite of subsequent events,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; They\u2019d like to have it over all again.\n \n The turkey stuffed and roasted and the toothsome big mince pie\n &nbsp; &nbsp; That made one feel serene and satisfied,\n When \u2018round about the laden board the happy family sat,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Till none could eat more good things if they tried,\n Have taken dire revenge, and since last night the folks look pale,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And efforts to feel chipper are quite vain,\n But still the feeling of that dinner was so good a one,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; We all would eat it every bit again.\n \n That is the trouble with good times\u2014you have to pay for them.\n &nbsp; &nbsp; But then they\u2019re worth enjoying while they last;\n So it is wiser just to take the present when it comes,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And not think what it will feel like when it\u2019s past.\n Perhaps the wise and prudent will dispense with present joys,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And shun bright nights with mornings cold and gray,\n But then they miss a lot of fun who always look ahead,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Let good times go for fear of them next day.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The stockings all are empty and brand new toys are broke,<br \/>\n     The Christmas tree\u2019s a bit the worse for wear,<br \/>\n Good Santa Claus has vanished for another year, at least,<br \/>\n     And his pocketbook is making papa swear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-omaha-daily-bee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}