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Springtime red, summer green, Autumn cool, winter clean, Sunshine warm, coastal breeze, Maple shade, swaying trees. Blackened brown, hazel eyes, Snowy skin, quite the prize, Warming heart, thinking of, Never hurt, ever love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-Ni","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3081,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2011\/10\/09\/the-river-turner\/","url_meta":{"origin":3056,"position":0},"title":"The River Turner","author":"Kim Siever","date":"9 October 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"They lift the eagle through the air They gave the bees their drone They guide the dolphin through the sea They built the lion\u2019s throne They painted monarchs black and gold They quench the rose\u2019s thirst They lit the sun and kindled stars They make the geysers squirt They stir\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poetry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Poetry","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/poetry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2991,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2016\/10\/07\/familiar-dance\/","url_meta":{"origin":3056,"position":1},"title":"Familiar Dance","author":"Kim Siever","date":"7 October 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Comfort in the shadows dark, but longing for the sun. 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