{"id":2877,"date":"2017-04-10T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2017-04-23T18:18:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T22:18:36","slug":"i-used-to-look-good-in-the-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/?p=2877","title":{"rendered":"I Used to Look Good in the Morning&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My yearly contribution of doggerel for\u00a0 National Poetry Month:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> I Used to Look Good in The Morning<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> I used to look good in the morning, but now I look really bad,<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> I used to sleep with a cherub&#8217;s face, but now it&#8217;s an old sea hag&#8217;s<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I used to look good in the morning and woke looking sexy and strong,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Now I wake spent and haggard, and start the day with a yawn<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cropped-20170416_090937.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2885\" src=\"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cropped-20170416_090937-300x74.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cropped-20170416_090937-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cropped-20170416_090937-768x190.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cropped-20170416_090937.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I used to look good in the morning, and start the day with a song, <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> But the realization of my poor singing, convinced me that was wrong<\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I used to look good in the morning, and start the day with a bong,<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Now I start with coffee, going forth\u00a0with hammer and tongs!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Finis<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>copyright 2017 Christopher Donahue<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My yearly contribution of doggerel for\u00a0 National Poetry Month: I Used to Look Good in The Morning I used to look good in the morning, but now I look really bad, I used to sleep with a cherub&#8217;s face, but &hellip; 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