{"id":111528,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/111528-the-wail-of-a-siren","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/111528","headline":"The Wail of a Siren","content":"The wail of a siren,\r\ncaught my aged ear.\r\nWhy does the sound\r\nbring forth an old fear?\r\nVolunteer fireman, what you were\r\nin smaller communities,\r\nwhen action was needed.\r\nI stood and the siren did sound.\r\nWe followed the engine,\r\nout of our small town.\r\nA barn was on fire,\r\nthe flames were a roar.\r\nWe entered the barn,\r\nto help set the horses free.\r\nThe fire was over,\r\nthe barn had burnt down,\r\nbut we didn't lose our animals\r\nin this smallest old town.","content_plain":"The wail of a siren,\r\ncaught my aged ear.\r\nWhy does the sound\r\nbring forth an old fear?\r\nVolunteer fireman, what you were\r\nin smaller communities,\r\nwhen action was needed.\r\nI stood and the siren did sound.\r\nWe followed the engine,\r\nout of our small town.\r\nA barn was on fire,\r\nthe flames were a roar.\r\nWe entered the barn,\r\nto help set the horses free.\r\nThe fire was over,\r\nthe barn had burnt down,\r\nbut we didn't lose our animals\r\nin this smallest old town.","published_at":"2021-09-01T23:04:38-07:00","updated_at":"2022-06-02T15:12:21-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"MFish","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297670-mfish"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with MFish on Kudos365. View their post published Sep/01/2021 on Life Stories - Memories. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"post","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","likes_count":18,"comments_count":4,"categories":[{"name":"Life Stories - Memories","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1002-life-stories-memories"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/111528-the-wail-of-a-siren","headline":"The Wail of a Siren","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"MFish","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297670-mfish"},"datePublished":"2021-09-01T23:04:38-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":18},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Life Stories - Memories","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1002-life-stories-memories"}]}}