{"id":1473,"date":"2019-12-20T15:51:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T20:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2019-12-20T15:51:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T20:51:21","slug":"goodnight-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1473","title":{"rendered":"Goodnight Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"
The week ebbs out in sunsets<\/div>\n
from sea to plastic sea.<\/div>\n
The government is broken.<\/div>\n
Goodnight democracy.<\/div>\n
Tomorrow there’ll be riots<\/div>\n
and looted goods for free.<\/div>\n
Who knows what side the police are on?<\/div>\n
Goodnight democracy.<\/div>\n
Elections have been rendered null<\/div>\n
by mass duplicity.<\/div>\n
The voters are now in the street.<\/div>\n
Goodnight democracy.<\/div>\n
There’s broken glass and smoking grass<\/div>\n
from Maine to Kankakee.<\/div>\n
The rich can cover their own ass.<\/div>\n
The poor more likely flee.<\/div>\n
Quite soon they’ll seal the borders,<\/div>\n
bring in artillery.<\/div>\n
Who’ll give or obey orders?<\/div>\n
Goodnight democracy.<\/div>\n
There hasn’t been a scene like this<\/div>\n
since Boston dumped its tea.<\/div>\n
It’s either mountain or abyss.<\/div>\n
Goodnight democracy.<\/div>\n

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