{"id":4646,"date":"2023-01-12T13:08:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T07:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asap-asia.org\/blog\/?p=4646"},"modified":"2023-01-12T13:30:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T08:00:16","slug":"i-knew-it-would-be-a-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asap-asia.org\/blog\/i-knew-it-would-be-a-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Knew It Would Be A Boy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"377\" data-attachment-id=\"4647\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/asap-asia.org\/blog\/i-knew-it-would-be-a-boy\/rainbowcolouredflagandcommunitydemonstrationhearts-sexualityandgender\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/asap-asia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/shutterstock_1959764776-scaled-e1635163867963-1900x700-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1900,700\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Shutterstock&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright (c) 2021 enx\\\/Shutterstock.  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ran.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">\"God bless our divine King\" cheered a minister,\nYet the Queen viewed the King as far more sinister<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">For before the boy, had come many a girls\nBut the King held more dearly, his sapphires and his pearls<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Meanwhile the boy's head was stuck, the queen toiled in strife\n\u201cHer flower cannot bloom any further\" cried a midwife<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">The Queen beat her hands bloody, the pain she couldn't bear\n\u201cGive her some milk of poppy\" said the King in a tone of prayer<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">At last they pulled the boy out and listened for a wail\nBut he didn't make a sound and looked ever so pale<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">\"The boy didn't live\" said the doctor under his breath\nThe King, he went hysteric at the sight of his Prince's death<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre 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