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And books have saved my life.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m happy with my fiction, poetry, felines and wife !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m only one thrombosis away from heaven. Sat close to death six times, but my lucky number&#8217;s seven. I try to stay out of the sun and avoid all white light. I sleep and ponder &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2737\">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-2737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2465,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2465","url_meta":{"origin":2737,"position":0},"title":"Not Dead, Yet","author":"Rick Young","date":"April 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I am tending now toward broken, not a good sign for antiques. I'm full of bumps and spots and dots, and\u00a0some assorted leaks. Joints are aching, locking, popping, not unlike a dance. Appropriate in ballrooms, yes, but not putting on pants. 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