{"id":1969,"date":"2020-08-05T10:29:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T14:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2020-09-11T08:42:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T12:42:41","slug":"wake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1969","title":{"rendered":"Wake Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the mind is feeling barren<br \/>\nand the first cup is still full,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s time to start some sharin&#8217;<br \/>\nwith those folks who throw the bull.<br \/>\nSocial media jury, that island of pure fury,<br \/>\nhas some room at their dock for your boat.<br \/>\nSome favor you&#8217;ll curry; there&#8217;s no need to worry.<br \/>\nJust throw anything out there to float.<br \/>\nConspiracies. Black-Eyed Peas.<br \/>\nGet that hot pot stirring.<br \/>\nThe dead still live. Ghosts roost in trees.<br \/>\nThe black hole between then and during.<br \/>\nThe cult of\u00a0@ wears no foil hat.<br \/>\nThe Sect of There hates motion.<br \/>\nThe world will end with soup of bat.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s space ships in the ocean.<br \/>\nThe dark are eating up the light<br \/>\nlike breadcrumbs made of stars.<br \/>\nIf it don&#8217;t hurt, then it&#8217;s not right.<br \/>\nAnd aliens sell cars.<br \/>\nIf that can&#8217;t get you energized,<br \/>\nthen brew another pot.<br \/>\nThe chat just gets more super-sized.<br \/>\nWait &#8217;til you hear the plot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the mind is feeling barren and the first cup is still full, it&#8217;s time to start some sharin&#8217; with those folks who throw the bull. Social media jury, that island of pure fury, has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1969\">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-1969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2508,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2508","url_meta":{"origin":1969,"position":0},"title":"Blues and the News 6\/29","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Police in Greece find a stolen Picasso. And throw in an ought-five Mondrian. Matt Gaetz, talks CRT; he's such an asshole. And Syrian air strikes link to Iran. Walmart low priced insulin today's perk. 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