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Put me in your page.
\nThen I’ll grow grey with age.
\nI’m your bookmark.
\nDrop\u00a0me on the floor.
\nThat’s o.k., you got lots more.
\nI’m your bookmark.
\nSometimes I’m substituted
\nfor one more fitting to the theme.
\nI know that I’ll come back,
\nthough laying in a stack.
\nBecause caressing pages is my dream.
\nGive me dogged ears
\nthat droop more through the years.
\nI’m your bookmark.
\nWhen I’m on your shelf,
\nI’m my better self.
\nI’m your bookmark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Put me in your page. Then I’ll grow grey with age. I’m your bookmark. Drop\u00a0me on the floor. That’s o.k., you got lots more. I’m your bookmark. Sometimes I’m substituted for one more fitting to … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1581,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1581","url_meta":{"origin":2166,"position":0},"title":"Day of the Red","author":"Rick Young","date":"February 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Keeping to the spirit of this\u00a0year's President's Day, I'll spend two dozen hours with nothing good to say. 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