{"id":1858,"date":"2020-06-29T08:35:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T12:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2020-07-20T07:23:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T11:23:27","slug":"forth-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1858","title":{"rendered":"Forth of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One-hundred-fifty fighter jets will fly over D.C.<br \/>\nThey&#8217;ll all be dropping pamphlets that say, &#8220;Get out\u00a0of jail free!&#8221;<br \/>\nA red-faced horde of sycophants will do the MAGA dance.<br \/>\nMike Pence will nod his head and smile as if he&#8217;s in a trance.<br \/>\nMini tanks will crush a group of mannequin protestors.<br \/>\nWilliam Barr will sell his soul and ask for more investors.<br \/>\nThe flattened curve will be rolled out and used for kiddie rides.<br \/>\nThe king has asked they don&#8217;t wear masks, or else he&#8217;ll tan their hides.<br \/>\nA small parade\u00a0of golf cart seniles will all chant, &#8220;White Power!&#8221;<br \/>\nLooking for clowns, Eric will, of course, be lost one hour.<br \/>\nStars and stripes and bars and snakes will be most proudly waved.<br \/>\nThe king will rant about the great great monuments he&#8217;s saved.<br \/>\nAnd, as the grand finale, he&#8217;ll do something he likes best,<br \/>\nunleash a squad of armored cops, put &#8216;thugs&#8217; under arrest.<br \/>\nSo, be aware, and do take care, if you take to the street.<br \/>\nD.C. in flames, amongst endgames, might seem to him quite sweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-hundred-fifty fighter jets will fly over D.C. They&#8217;ll all be dropping pamphlets that say, &#8220;Get out\u00a0of jail free!&#8221; A red-faced horde of sycophants will do the MAGA dance. Mike Pence will nod his head and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1858\">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-1858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1575,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1575","url_meta":{"origin":1858,"position":0},"title":"A Dark Hallmark","author":"Rick Young","date":"February 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Shout out to our heartless king on this valentine's day, hunkered in his office cutting programs for the poor, blowing up old monuments that stand in his wall's way, insulting all his minions and dominions, to be sure. 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