How I’ve decided to occupy myself during business meetings:<\/p>\n
All the trees were sticks:
\nSuddenly, bright green leaves
\nCast verdant shadows.<\/p>\n
Or, on a more amusing note:<\/p>\n
Bulbs bursting, grass grows,
\nTrees leafing: How wonderful …
\nCrap! Dandelions!<\/p>\n
Maybe I need a new blog category, for my poetry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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