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Manchild at the net
\ncan’t explain
\nhis double fault.
\nHis lob to the baseline
\nwas a bomb.
\nHis sudden
\nsmashing serve
\nserved no one well.
\nIn the end
\nhe left the court
\nwith his balls
\nin his pocket,
\nwithout love,
\nwithout advantage,
\nall ties broken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Manchild at the net can’t explain his double fault. His lob to the baseline was a bomb. His sudden smashing serve served no one well. In the end he left the court with his balls … 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-552","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":472,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=472","url_meta":{"origin":552,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June fourteenth","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Don Newcombe pitched his best years for beloved Brooklyn Bums. 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