{"id":2656,"date":"2025-09-14T20:26:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/a-harmless-man\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T20:26:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:26:32","slug":"a-harmless-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/a-harmless-man\/","title":{"rendered":"A Harmless Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the outside a harmless man.<br>\nOn the inside a dangerous predator.<br>\nHe worked as a traveling salesman<br>\nduring the day.<br>\nAt night, he prowled the bars looking for<br>\nunwary female prey.<br>\nWomen he picked up, seduced by his<br>\ncharm, never saw the sun rise.<br>\nAnd none of them ever got away.<br>\nHis infamy immeasurable, his cunning<br>\nhypnotic, he trapped his prey with<br>\nhis handsome face and charming words.<br>\nHe evaded police with his luck and<br>\nmeticulous stealth.<br>\nHe died at age 86, never having been<br>\na suspect, never having been caught<br>\nand presumed to have been harmless<br>\nfor all of his bloodthirsty, long life.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the outside a harmless man. On the inside a dangerous predator. He worked as a traveling salesman during the day. At night, he prowled the bars looking for unwary female prey. Women he picked up, seduced by his charm, never saw the sun rise. And none of them ever got away. His infamy immeasurable,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/a-harmless-man\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656"}],"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=2656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}