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Nocturnal fumbling
\naroused the piddling clouds.
\nNear-tragic happenstance
\nreigned over dampened spirit.
\nThe drowning band flailed on.
\nThe very unnatural anthem
\nclung to the marchers’ steps.
\nThe wailing tubal wind
\nsustained a mourning pace,
\ndepressing the clowns of death.<\/p>\n

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Nocturnal fumbling aroused the piddling clouds. Near-tragic happenstance reigned over dampened spirit. The drowning band flailed on. The very unnatural anthem clung to the marchers’ steps. The wailing tubal wind sustained a mourning pace, depressing … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[21,3,4],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-clowns","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=143","url_meta":{"origin":200,"position":0},"title":"Impending Clown Rally","author":"Rick Young","date":"November 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I've never seen so many big red noses. 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