{"id":1704,"date":"2020-04-12T16:42:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T20:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2020-04-12T16:42:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T20:42:03","slug":"wring-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1704","title":{"rendered":"Wring Master"},"content":{"rendered":"
He loves to preside.<\/div>\n
As for those who’ve died:<\/div>\n
just leave them outside.<\/div>\n
The tent is his show.<\/div>\n
There won’t be no ponies,<\/div>\n
but a lot of phonies,<\/div>\n
and all his tight cronies,<\/div>\n
the swamp as you know.<\/div>\n
The first ring is lies,<\/div>\n
where he death-defies,<\/div>\n
just spinning in air<\/div>\n
his spurious\u00a0deeds.<\/div>\n
Then in comes the lion,<\/div>\n
an Elder of Zion,<\/div>\n
with more facts to try on.<\/div>\n
Contest if you dare.<\/div>\n
In ring two, distortion,<\/div>\n
defined as contortion,<\/div>\n
you won’t get your portion,<\/div>\n
but, brother, beware.<\/div>\n
They’ll twist facts to pretzels.<\/div>\n
Have you buying Edsels,<\/div>\n
fill your head with dreadfuls,<\/div>\n
until you don’t care.<\/div>\n
In ring three the cheaters,<\/div>\n
scam glam and tax beaters.<\/div>\n
His kids are the greeters.<\/div>\n
Consumer beware.<\/div>\n
They’ll ask for your wallet.<\/div>\n
Black magic, they’ll call it.<\/div>\n
No way to forestall it.<\/div>\n
All good, they will swear.<\/div>\n
And when you leave the tent,<\/div>\n
all raging and hell-bent,<\/div>\n
you’ll think that the bucks spent<\/div>\n
went to a just cause.<\/div>\n
It’s called domination,<\/div>\n
masked as jubilation.<\/div>\n
You’re on the right station.<\/div>\n
Now comes a brief pause.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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