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Please don’t pull the plug on your sick llamas,
\nor blame their poor health on the Obamas.
\nDress them up in their finest pajamas
\nand then send them off to the Bahamas.
\nAnimals do quite enjoy vacations,
\nespecially those in other nations.
\nThey gain some awareness of their stations
\nand vastly improve imaginations.
\nThey’ll return in somewhat better health,
\nhaving spent up your entire wealth.
\nBut you must approach them with some stealth.
\n‘Cause they likely brought you back seashellth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please don’t pull the plug on your sick llamas, or blame their poor health on the Obamas. Dress them up in their finest pajamas and then send them off to the Bahamas. Animals do quite … 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-842","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":930,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=930","url_meta":{"origin":842,"position":0},"title":"My Deer","author":"Rick Young","date":"August 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"You are the cat's pajamas. You are the dog's bow tie, the extra L in llamas, the owl's nighttime eye. 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