{"id":1332,"date":"2019-02-08T16:29:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T21:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2019-02-08T16:29:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T21:29:43","slug":"once-moor-with-feeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1332","title":{"rendered":"Once Moor, With Feeling"},"content":{"rendered":"
Othello. He hated Jello.<\/div>\n
He was a Moor and things that shake<\/div>\n
destroyed his mellow.<\/div>\n
And his good wife, Desdemona,<\/div>\n
who lived in Venice but quite enjoyed Barcelona,<\/div>\n
got entangled with Iago,<\/div>\n
who was a tough guy from Detroit or else Chicago.<\/div>\n
There were some Turks,<\/div>\n
but they got drownded.<\/div>\n
And Desdemona dropped her hankie and got grounded.<\/div>\n
And meanwhile Cassio, who was a soldier,<\/div>\n
becomes important in act five when he gets older.<\/div>\n
But when Othello strangles his wife,<\/div>\n
you realize the play’s run out of life.<\/div>\n
The bad Iago, mute on the shelf,<\/div>\n
kills his own wife, and then Othello kills himself.<\/div>\n
The play then ends. You go outside.<\/div>\n
It seems it’s either have a drink or suicide.<\/div>\n
You hit the pub. And close the door,<\/div>\n
not sure if you like Shakespeare any moor.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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