{"id":1804,"date":"2016-02-16T17:27:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T01:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2016-02-16T17:27:36","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T01:27:36","slug":"the-sex-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1804","title":{"rendered":"The Sex Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sex Diet<\/p>\n<p>I was hungry all the time.<br \/>\nNot for food, but to make you mine.<br \/>\nI craved you more than a hot fudge Sunday.<br \/>\nI could eat you up. You\u2019re just as yummy.<\/p>\n<p>Then things changed. We got together.<br \/>\nI thought things would be better.<br \/>\nI had all of you I wanted.<br \/>\nSeconds and thirds. I wasn\u2019t taunted.<\/p>\n<p>Time went by, like it always does.<br \/>\nI wasn\u2019t so happy. Just because.<br \/>\nHave you ever bit off more than you could chew?<br \/>\nI think that happened with me and you.<\/p>\n<p>We both needed to go on a diet.<br \/>\nSo we abstained. Just try it.<br \/>\nOn rare occasions we gave in.<br \/>\nJust a little. It wasn\u2019t a sin.<\/p>\n<p>Let me tell you, it was out of this world.<br \/>\nAbsence made our desires whirl.<br \/>\nWe reached levels of ecstasy we couldn\u2019t believe.<br \/>\nSuch pleasure is hard to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>Absence makes the heart grow fonder.<br \/>\nWe found this true. We didn\u2019t flounder.<br \/>\nNow we diet with anticipation.<br \/>\nFor the occasional slip, or vacation.<\/p>\n<p>Our \u2018diet\u2019 has motivated us.<br \/>\nWe are closer than dirt is to dust.<br \/>\nWe recommend it to others, if it fits.<br \/>\nBut, never, never call it quits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2016)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sex Diet I was hungry all the time. Not for food, but to make you mine. I craved you more than a hot fudge Sunday. I could eat you up. You\u2019re just as yummy. Then things changed. We got together. I thought things would be better. I had all of you I wanted. Seconds &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1804\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Sex Diet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16,29,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-free-bird-poetry","category-life-lessons","category-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1805,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions\/1805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}