{"id":236,"date":"2013-12-19T10:28:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T15:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=236"},"modified":"2013-12-19T10:29:04","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T15:29:04","slug":"eternal-voyage-of-landlocked-souls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=236","title":{"rendered":"Eternal Voyage of Landlocked Souls"},"content":{"rendered":"

We sail in the morning.
\nThree flags are the warning.
\nThese crossbones are eloquent.
\nI’m on for the ride.
\nSmall ship on a rough sea.
\nThis life is not for me.
\nWe rock on a precipice.
\nThe yaw will decide.
\nI feel like Edgar Allen Poe.
\nInto the maelstrom we must go.
\nAnd as we swirl I understand
\nI should have never left dry land.
\nNext time I’m prompted to explore
\nI’ll look inside and nothing more.
\nFor there is naught beyond the skin.
\nMeanwhile, I spin. I spin. I spin.<\/p>\n

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