{"id":1583,"date":"2020-02-18T09:53:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T14:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2020-02-18T09:55:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T14:55:41","slug":"occupy-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1583","title":{"rendered":"Occupy in the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

News reports a homeless army’s just taken Trump Tower<\/p>\n

after a street fight with police that took about an hour.<\/div>\n
Crews are at the scene and talking to the occupiers.<\/div>\n
There’s a rumor going ’round they’ve even started fires.<\/div>\n
One man told reporters, “Yesterday my life just stinks,<\/div>\n
but now I’m drinking sweet champagne and pissing in gold sinks.”<\/div>\n
“How strange for some,” said John Q. Bum, “to sleep in giant beds,<\/div>\n
when most of us were lucky to have cardboard o’er our heads.”<\/div>\n
In the sealed-off lobby, there’s a party going down<\/div>\n
with folks from every fleabag hacienda in this town.<\/div>\n
What fun it is to watch some families, even little nippers,<\/div>\n
waving out from windows wearing fluffy robes and slippers.<\/div>\n
Police say that it won’t last long, they’ll overtake these vandals.<\/div>\n
Meanwhile, goodbye souvenirs, like golden toilet handles.<\/div>\n
In a statement just released called “Nothing left to lose,”<\/div>\n
those inside rejoice at having clean sheets and good booze.<\/div>\n
They know that this cannot last and must end with detention.<\/div>\n
“But, at least we’ll have a roof and maybe draw attention.”<\/div>\n
“Rich people don’t help us out and laugh at us in passing;<\/div>\n
it’s about time we stand up and take a turn at gassing.”<\/div>\n
Now a flag’s been set up to wave on the penthouse roof:<\/div>\n
“One percent is over soon and let this be the proof !”<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News reports a homeless army’s just taken Trump Tower after a street fight with police that took about an hour. Crews are at the scene and talking to the occupiers. There’s a rumor going ’round … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1473,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1473","url_meta":{"origin":1583,"position":0},"title":"Goodnight Democracy","author":"Rick Young","date":"December 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The week ebbs out in sunsets from sea to plastic sea. The government is broken. Goodnight democracy. 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