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Don’t make fun of the boy with a gun.
\nHe hangs about the bazaar every day,
\nrescuing abused American Girl dolls,
\nthat he takes home for target practice.
\nSometimes he whispers secret verses
\ninto their cold hard ears.
\nAt school he is afforded a respectful distance.
\nHe once wrote an essay about painkillers.
\nHe’s not allowed in gym because of loafers.
\nIn his dreams he’s always riding horses.
\nEven now he sleeps, at peace,
\nbeneath a Snoopy quilt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don’t make fun of the boy with a gun. He hangs about the bazaar every day, rescuing abused American Girl dolls, that he takes home for target practice. Sometimes he whispers secret verses into their … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-723","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":508,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=508","url_meta":{"origin":723,"position":0},"title":"As we grow, so we wilt","author":"Rick Young","date":"December 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Sometime's life's so good you have to scream, even if in pain, glorious pain. 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