{"id":1334,"date":"2019-02-14T05:39:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T10:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2023-07-30T10:04:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T14:04:33","slug":"the-aged-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1334","title":{"rendered":"The Aged Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not a man of grace. In fact, I can be mean.<\/p>\n

I don’t respect the president, the papacy or queen.<\/div>\n
There is only one thing that I love, and this is true.<\/div>\n
There’s one face on my totem, dear, and that belongs to you.<\/div>\n
I drink too much and sleep all day, then party through the night.<\/div>\n
I don’t help to support the left although I hate the right.<\/div>\n
I don’t take part in races ’cause I always throw a shoe.<\/div>\n
My heart’s a silver locket and the face inside is you.<\/div>\n
The road not taken’s long behind and up ahead’s a wall.<\/div>\n
My life is in its winter phase. I’m ready for the fall.<\/div>\n
I’ll climb that ladder in the sky up to the castle blue.<\/div>\n
The one face on the parapet I’m looking for is you.<\/div>\n
I’m a cold brother trucker never got off that dirt road.<\/div>\n
I’ve thrown aside some friends, it’s true, to lighten up my load.<\/div>\n
But when I break out of the cage, escape the human zoo,<\/div>\n
my sidekick on the trip to come eternally is you.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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