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A blower doesn’t make leaves leave.<\/p>\n

Just parks them under different trees.<\/div>\n
And like the ancient plow and harrow<\/div>\n
has made antique the old wheelbarrow.<\/div>\n
Leaves are piled into high rises,<\/div>\n
leaving ground free for surprises.<\/div>\n
Acorns which had once been hidden,<\/div>\n
are now free to squirrels, unbidden.<\/div>\n
Hidden mushroom, bulb or flower<\/div>\n
need no longer, covered, cower.<\/div>\n
Sure, they make a lot of noise.<\/div>\n
Blowers are the big boys’ toys.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A blower doesn’t make leaves leave. Just parks them under different trees. And like the ancient plow and harrow has made antique the old wheelbarrow. Leaves are piled into high rises, leaving ground free for surprises. Acorns which had once been hidden, are now free to squirrels, unbidden. Hidden mushroom, bulb or flower need no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":659,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=659","url_meta":{"origin":1368,"position":0},"title":"Land Mines Over Matter","author":"Rick Young","date":"January 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Our faction has successfully the enemy exposed. 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