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When<\/p>\n<p>the words build and grow within<br \/>\nmy brain like vegetables on a vine,<br \/>\nwhich I harvest and cook, is that<br \/>\nmeaning? Is there meaning in<br \/>\nmy cells, are my hemocytes noble<br \/>\nand heroic or are they simply<br \/>\nthe droning on of my bone marrow?<\/p>\n<p>Is there meaning in these words<br \/>\nor is this, too, a trick, so I must not learn<br \/>\nto build a wall, to fix a pipe, or break<br \/>\nmy nails pulling carrots<br \/>\nfrom the damp earth?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[2021.07.18 v2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can words have meaning like a wall, a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-normal-emotions","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can words have meaning like a wall, a stone, a grain of sand? 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