{"id":2455,"date":"2021-04-01T15:24:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T19:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2021-04-01T15:24:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T19:24:50","slug":"hill-of-has-beens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2455","title":{"rendered":"Hill of Has Beens"},"content":{"rendered":"
The fool on the hill has been sent down south.<\/div>\n
No longer need we hear the swill from his mouth.<\/div>\n
He still dreams of power, still rants and commands.<\/div>\n
But, as of this hour, it’s out of his hands.<\/div>\n
Though lackeys and leeches remain by his side,<\/div>\n
his chances\u00a0in three years are not bona fide.<\/div>\n
Some equally vain don may relight his fire,<\/div>\n
but we’ve had enough of these crooks and that liar.<\/div>\n
Our country should by then be on the rebound,<\/div>\n
and reject, outright, a damned fool or hellhound.<\/div>\n
We suffered his curse and remain democratic.<\/div>\n
May he grow old, broken, still growling, but static.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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