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But my interests are elsewhere invested. Digestion has its own suggestions. My mind has been elsewhere on manhood, pink clouds passing, silence, and time. I think &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2424\">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-2424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":950,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=950","url_meta":{"origin":2424,"position":0},"title":"The Conversationalist","author":"Rick Young","date":"October 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Caruthers flustered others with his glib incessant gab. 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