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K-Pop bopped the big gum drop.<\/p>\n

His orangeness was steamingly aware.<\/div>\n
This opening was nothing but a costly photo op.<\/div>\n
But when he reached the mike, his fans weren’t there.<\/div>\n
He looked around and saw an upper deck of empty seats,<\/div>\n
then rambled out a racist monologue.<\/div>\n
He blamed the evil media and protests in the streets<\/div>\n
It seems he had been punked, the fascist dog.<\/div>\n
The millions he expected reserved rally tix online,<\/div>\n
but K-Pop ‘stans’ had organized this ruse.<\/div>\n
So, for an hour all he did was crazy rant and whine,<\/div>\n
thinking of the staffers he’ll abuse.<\/div>\n
He praised confederates and said protesters broke the law.<\/div>\n
He said he’d jail all burners of the flag.<\/div>\n
When it was over, it was clear this rally was a flaw.<\/div>\n
There’s not much left now in his hateful bag.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

K-Pop bopped the big gum drop. His orangeness was steamingly aware. This opening was nothing but a costly photo op. But when he reached the mike, his fans weren’t there. He looked around and saw an upper deck of empty seats, then rambled out a racist monologue. He blamed the evil media and protests in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1852,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1852","url_meta":{"origin":1846,"position":0},"title":"Razing Arizona","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"His trip fell on the day the state's coronavirus\u00a0doubled. 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