{"id":1723,"date":"2020-04-21T16:40:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T20:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2020-04-21T16:40:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T20:40:24","slug":"halftime-pep-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1723","title":{"rendered":"Halftime Pep Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

An invisible\u00a0enemy crawls<\/p>\n

right through and over walls.<\/div>\n
There is no way that it can be detected.<\/div>\n
It smears its sickly path<\/div>\n
down former hallowed halls.<\/div>\n
And no one’s found a way to be protected.<\/div>\n
So, now that it’s been loosed,<\/div>\n
you might as well read Proust.<\/div>\n
You’re going to be inside for quite some time.<\/div>\n
Just think of isolation as much needed vacation.<\/div>\n
Stay in. Relax. Not working’s\u00a0not\u00a0a crime.<\/div>\n
When groceries get low, into the world you’ll go,<\/div>\n
with mask and cap and goggles all in place.<\/div>\n
Don’t worry ’bout the look; what takes you off the hook<\/div>\n
is no one else can even see your face.<\/div>\n
And stay away from news. You’ll only blow a fuse.<\/div>\n
Catch up on all that music that you missed.<\/div>\n
Pick up that old guitar. There’s many chords to barre.<\/div>\n
Appropriately, you could learn the blues.<\/div>\n
Then, when the world renews, put on your dancing shoes.<\/div>\n
But know the world will never be the same.<\/div>\n
Just give it all you’ve got. Go on and take a shot.<\/div>\n
Surrender now would surely be a shame.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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