{"id":1951,"date":"2020-07-31T04:19:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T08:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2020-08-04T13:00:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T17:00:23","slug":"the-flattened-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1951","title":{"rendered":"The Flattened Curve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The virus, as our leader said<br \/>\nhas disappeared like magic.<br \/>\nIt took a while, a lot of dread,<br \/>\nand, in the end, was tragic.<br \/>\nAs millions died, the countryside<br \/>\nwas dotted with mass graves.<br \/>\nThere was no place one could hide.<br \/>\nNot even Jesus saves.<br \/>\nThough few remain, they do sustain<br \/>\nand have faith in our leader.<br \/>\nHe shows them nothing but disdain,<br \/>\nunless they are a breeder.<br \/>\nHe wants to start the world anew,<br \/>\na populace of Barrons.<br \/>\nAnd women, he will keep a few,<br \/>\nespecially\u00a0the Karens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The virus, as our leader said has disappeared like magic. It took a while, a lot of dread, and, in the end, was tragic. As millions died, the countryside was dotted with mass graves. There &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1951\">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-1951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1437,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1437","url_meta":{"origin":1951,"position":0},"title":"Hollowed Groundswell","author":"Rick Young","date":"July 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"O hear tell of one groundswell that swept the USA. The leader of the free world told non-whites to go away. 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