Shall another read my words
\nIn a far off distant day
\nI hope that they enjoy the rhymes
\nThat I on paper lay.<\/p>\n
And if they look in wonder
\nAt the world that through my eyes is seen
\nThen, I the writer will have known
\nMy life as a writer: a waste has not been<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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