{"id":1706,"date":"2020-04-14T02:06:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T06:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2020-04-14T11:29:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:29:54","slug":"paly-it-again-sham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1706","title":{"rendered":"Play It Again, Sham"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York rats are now eating each other.<\/p>\n

“Just the way I planned it,” claims the Prez.<\/div>\n
Jared’s going to film it for a special.<\/div>\n
It’ll be on pay-per-view, he says.<\/div>\n
They’ll find every way to make a profit,<\/div>\n
even in a country torn by plague.<\/div>\n
Each designer face mask by Ivanka<\/div>\n
costs as much as a Faberge egg.<\/div>\n
Rudy got a deal on ventilators,<\/div>\n
shipped up here from Mexico by bus.<\/div>\n
Not a company many have heard of.<\/div>\n
Translates into “Oxygen Is Us.”<\/div>\n
Fauci’s been induced into a coma.<\/div>\n
He was getting a bit out of hand.<\/div>\n
He refused to bow to our great leader,<\/div>\n
whose pure vision saved our sacred land.<\/div>\n
Next comes the “Open Our Country Council,”<\/div>\n
led by Kushners, “Nooch,” and Wilbur Ross.<\/div>\n
It will spend much time in contemplation.<\/div>\n
That’s if Ben Carson’s appointed boss.<\/div>\n
In three weeks, a switch flips and we’re open.<\/div>\n
Economy will boom, as good as new.<\/div>\n
In four weeks, a rerun we weren’t hoping:<\/div>\n
Welcome to Corona Virus\u00a0II.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York rats are now eating each other. “Just the way I planned it,” claims the Prez. Jared’s going to film it for a special. It’ll be on pay-per-view, he says. They’ll find every way … 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-1706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1209,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1209","url_meta":{"origin":1706,"position":0},"title":"Gonzo Floyd","author":"Rick Young","date":"March 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Gonzo Floyd, a country Pink alum, sat on his porch, regardless, chewing gum. 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