{"id":2462,"date":"2021-04-22T07:18:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T11:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2021-04-22T07:19:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T11:19:31","slug":"eternal-combustion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2462","title":{"rendered":"Eternal Combustion"},"content":{"rendered":"
Evolving through decades of panic<\/div>\n
in chariots metal, gas powered and manic.<\/div>\n
Revolving through rotaries and underpasses,<\/div>\n
screaming profanities out at the masses.<\/div>\n
Paying\u00a0for fuel, often waiting in lines.<\/div>\n
Driving\u00a0too fast and then paying the fines.<\/div>\n
It’s time to rethink our means of transportation.<\/div>\n
We get nowhere fast in our life’s destination.<\/div>\n
We turn the sky grey and then sing of the blues.<\/div>\n
The future’s a dead end with nothing to choose.<\/div>\n
They talk infrastructure, of bridges and roads,<\/div>\n
without mentioning they are outdated modes.<\/div>\n
The obvious resort\u00a0is limiting travel.<\/div>\n
But no court in this land will handle that gavel.<\/div>\n
We’re stuck in this fossil fuel loop ’til we die.<\/div>\n
The future might laugh at us, wondering why.<\/div>\n
And what, in the end, may redeem our behavior?<\/div>\n
Alien technology. That’s our savior.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Evolving through decades of panic in chariots metal, gas powered and manic. Revolving through rotaries and underpasses, screaming profanities out at the masses. Paying\u00a0for fuel, often waiting in lines. 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