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  1. They lift the eagle through the air<\/li>\n
  2. They gave the bees their drone<\/li>\n
  3. They guide the dolphin through the sea<\/li>\n
  4. They built the lion\u2019s throne<\/li>\n
  5. They painted monarchs black and gold<\/li>\n
  6. They quench the rose\u2019s thirst<\/li>\n
  7. They lit the sun and kindled stars<\/li>\n
  8. They make the geysers squirt<\/li>\n
  9. They stir the colours of the sky<\/li>\n
  10. When dawn and dusk emerge<\/li>\n
  11. They blanket Earth with snowy white<\/li>\n
  12. When fall and spring converge<\/li>\n
  13. They pause for faith, they guide for fear<\/li>\n
  14. They juggle joy and pain<\/li>\n
  15. They strike for wrong, they lift for right<\/li>\n
  16. They hid when he was slain<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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 the colours of the sky […]<\/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-3081","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-NH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":258,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2008\/03\/14\/workout-day-29\/","url_meta":{"origin":3081,"position":0},"title":"Workout, Day 29","author":"Kim Siever","date":"14 March 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I worked out my chest and abs. 1. 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