{"id":4284,"date":"2005-12-19T14:13:30","date_gmt":"2005-12-19T18:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/12\/19\/prematurely-late-winter-solst"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:18","slug":"prematurely-late-winter-solstice-haiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/12\/19\/prematurely-late-winter-solstice-haiku\/","title":{"rendered":"prematurely late [winter solstice haiku]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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shortest day —
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adolescent wiccans
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