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A brace of turkeys scratched up on the roof. They turned assaultive post Thanksgiving day. John Zorn was tooting some radio goof. Father left the food shelter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=526\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":764,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=764","url_meta":{"origin":526,"position":0},"title":"Rust Belt","author":"Rick Young","date":"November 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A rusting pile of iron ore lies on the floor for purposes unknown. 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