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Dot and Dot
\nhad colon trouble,
\nperiod.
\nThey would have been comma
\nif life weren’t such a dash.
\n"We’re not apostrophe,"
\nthey’d exclamation point.
\nBut the question marked them.
\nAnd to quote Mark,
\nthey needed a good slash,
\nright in the hyphen,
\nperiod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dot and Dot had colon trouble, period. They would have been comma if life weren’t such a dash. "We’re not apostrophe," they’d exclamation point. But the question marked them. And to quote Mark, they needed … 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-561","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":136,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=136","url_meta":{"origin":561,"position":0},"title":"Candy","author":"Rick Young","date":"November 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"How soon before the pumpkins rot. And leave behind the orange dot. The viscous game, decomposition. 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