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I’ve misplaced my stack of adverbs.
\nMy adjectives have all gone moldy.
\nNouns abound, like circus clowns.
\nBut most of my verbs are long expired.
\nI’ve always been anti-pronoun,
\nAnd prone to conjunctivitis.
\nBut I still have several gerunds,
\nAll residing in nursing homes, however.<\/p>\n

\"Bear<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve misplaced my stack of adverbs. My adjectives have all gone moldy. Nouns abound, like circus clowns. But most of my verbs are long expired. I’ve always been anti-pronoun, And prone to conjunctivitis. But I … 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":[2],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":830,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=830","url_meta":{"origin":53,"position":0},"title":"Eponymously Yours","author":"Rick Young","date":"January 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm a font of iambiquity. My rhymes are quite persnickety. 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