{"id":290,"date":"2014-01-14T13:39:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T18:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=290"},"modified":"2014-01-14T13:40:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T18:40:04","slug":"peg-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=290","title":{"rendered":"Peg Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was said that Chopin
\nhad some ivory
\nin his fingernails.
\nHemingway’s autopsy
\nshowed his entrails
\nwere quite stuffed with quails.
\nWe must ultimately be resigned
\nto the things we have to leave behind.
\nBetter to be friendly in the long run
\nthan to leave a legacy unkind.<\/p>\n

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It was said that Chopin had some ivory in his fingernails. Hemingway’s autopsy showed his entrails were quite stuffed with quails. We must ultimately be resigned to the things we have to leave behind. 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