{"id":21585,"date":"2016-04-10T22:47:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T05:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachelswirsky.com\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2016-04-10T22:47:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T05:47:40","slug":"sometimes-its-time-for-nonsense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=21585","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes it\u2019s time for nonsense."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"poem-top\" class=\"tab-content active\">\n<h1><strong>Jabberwocky<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>by Lewis Carroll<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"poem\" class=\"tab-content active\">\n<div class=\"poem\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2019Twas brillig, and the slithy toves<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:<\/div>\n<div>All mimsy were the borogoves,<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And the mome raths outgrabe.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cBeware the Jabberwock, my son!<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!<\/div>\n<div>Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The frumious Bandersnatch!\u201d<\/div>\n<div>He took his vorpal sword in hand;<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Long time the manxome foe he sought\u2014<\/div>\n<div>So rested he by the Tumtum tree<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And stood awhile in thought.<\/div>\n<div>And, as in uffish thought he stood,<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,<\/div>\n<div>Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And burbled as it came!<\/div>\n<div>One, two! One, two! And through and through<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!<\/div>\n<div>He left it dead, and with its head<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He went galumphing back.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cAnd hast thou slain the Jabberwock?<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Come to my arms, my beamish boy!<\/div>\n<div>O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He chortled in his joy.<\/div>\n<div>\u2019Twas brillig, and the slithy toves<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:<\/div>\n<div>All mimsy were the borogoves,<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And the mome raths outgrabe.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll &nbsp; &rsquo;Twas brillig, and the slithy toves &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And the mome raths outgrabe. &ldquo;Beware the Jabberwock, my son! &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The jaws that bite, the claws that &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/rachelswirsky.com\/2016\/04\/sometimes-its-time-for-nonsense\/\">Continue reading <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=21585\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[253],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21585"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21595,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21585\/revisions\/21595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}