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Papal Bull<\/strong><\/p>\n In the year 1582, One rumor has it Clowning and trickery Papal Bull In the year 1582, by way of papal bull(sh-nicker), New Year\u2019s Day was moved to the Dead of Winter, after being celebrated on April 1 for practically ever; on or about the Springtime Equinox. Makes perfect sense: new beginnings and all that. One rumor has it that those who played the rebel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nby way of papal
\nbull(sh-nicker),
\nNew Year\u2019s Day
\nwas moved to
\nthe Dead of Winter,
\nafter being celebrated
\non April 1
\nfor practically ever;
\non or about the
\nSpringtime Equinox.
\nMakes perfect sense:
\nnew beginnings and
\nall that.<\/p>\n
\nthat those who
\nplayed the rebel
\nand flew the vernal bird
\nunder the Pope\u2019s
\nshould-have-minded-
\nhis-own-damn-business
\nneedlenose
\nwere called
\nApril Fools.<\/p>\n
\nensued, to rattle
\nthe righteous order.
\nWhich is why I declare that
\nclowns and tricksters
\neverywhere
\nshould seize the day
\nfrom the Popery
\nand start our year,
\num,
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"