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Home<\/p>\n

is<\/p>\n

more<\/p>\n

than<\/p>\n

a<\/p>\n

house<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

it<\/p>\n

is<\/p>\n

love,<\/p>\n

acceptance,<\/p>\n

caring,<\/p>\n

joy,<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

happiness<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

as<\/p>\n

sweet<\/p>\n

as<\/p>\n

pecan<\/p>\n

pie<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Southern<\/p>\n

as<\/p>\n

grits<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

red,<\/p>\n

white,<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

blue<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

as<\/p>\n

the<\/p>\n

American<\/p>\n

flag<\/p>\n

on<\/p>\n

the<\/p>\n

front<\/p>\n

porch.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Danny P. Barbare resides in the Upstate of the Carolinas. His poetry has recently appeared in Blood and Thunder, Doxa, Assisi Online Journal, and other online and print journals. He works as a custodian at a local YMCA and enjoys traveling to the lowlands of Charleston, SC and the mountains of The Blue Ridge in NC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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