{"id":2003,"date":"2025-04-20T11:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T11:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/the-lure-of-the-superficial\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T11:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T11:28:06","slug":"the-lure-of-the-superficial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-lure-of-the-superficial\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lure of the Superficial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Her beauty captivated him.
\nNever saw a woman as beautiful as her.<\/p>\n

Her face and body perfect,
\neyes heavenly blue.<\/p>\n

But he failed to take the time to
\nknow her beyond the superficial.<\/p>\n

Fell in love with her immediately,
\nmarried her too soon.<\/p>\n

Now he\u2019s in a marriage from hell
\nwith a woman impossible to live with<\/p>\n

who is planning to ruin his reputation
\nand his life<\/p>\n

when she tells all in court with some
\nlies thrown in and ruins him financially too.<\/p>\n

Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Her beauty captivated him. Never saw a woman as beautiful as her. Her face and body perfect, eyes heavenly blue. But he failed to take the time to know her beyond the superficial. Fell in love with her immediately, married her too soon. Now he\u2019s in a marriage from hell with a woman impossible to… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}