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I always felt the better man when I could keep it in the can. Big mouths sink ships. The Fifth is pips. End to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=535\">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-535","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":580,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=580","url_meta":{"origin":535,"position":0},"title":"Aviator glasses and you, dear","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It is not the world I wanted. Claim it not as your mistake. If at night our eyes are haunted maybe this could be our break. 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