{"id":2539,"date":"2021-09-03T12:50:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T16:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2021-09-03T12:51:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T16:51:27","slug":"texas-hold-em","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2539","title":{"rendered":"Texas Hold ‘Em"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas got things all out of proportion.<\/p>\n

Need a person swing for an abortion?<\/div>\n
Bounty hunting fetus crime?<\/div>\n
They are going back in time,<\/div>\n
Christians stalking med providers<\/div>\n
as if they were freedom riders,<\/div>\n
shutting off all women’s rights<\/div>\n
as if they were dimming lights.<\/div>\n
They would better judicate<\/div>\n
men’s rights to ejaculate.<\/div>\n
Ovaries are not men’s biz.<\/div>\n
Take care of your own damn jizz!<\/div>\n
Texas, this is not a joke.<\/div>\n
Free your women from this yoke.<\/div>\n
Call off this sick bounty hunt.<\/div>\n
You will not control my cunt.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Texas got things all out of proportion. Need a person swing for an abortion? Bounty hunting fetus crime? They are going back in time, Christians stalking med providers as if they were freedom riders, shutting off all women’s rights as if they were dimming lights. They would better judicate men’s rights to ejaculate. Ovaries are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1877,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1877","url_meta":{"origin":2539,"position":0},"title":"WHO’s Next","author":"Rick Young","date":"July 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"He's putting out a bounty on the bounty story leaker. 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