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Mickey D’s not clownin’ any more.<\/p>\n

Ronald’s been laid off, and is he sore!<\/div>\n
His giant red hair wasn’t meant to scare,<\/div>\n
but frightened little children to their core.<\/div>\n
Killer clown with trail of beef behind:<\/div>\n
hard to clear that from a youngster’s\u00a0mind.<\/div>\n
Kids know cow feed counts in climate change<\/div>\n
and realize that Ronald’s not so kind.<\/div>\n
It didn’t\u00a0help he wore those blood red shoes,<\/div>\n
his nose deep crimson as if fueled by booze.<\/div>\n
He smells like burgers still, enough to make one ill.<\/div>\n
A meat clown, as they say, is born to lose.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mickey D’s not clownin’ any more. Ronald’s been laid off, and is he sore! His giant red hair wasn’t meant to scare, but frightened little children to their core. Killer clown with trail of beef … 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-2581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=143","url_meta":{"origin":2581,"position":0},"title":"Impending Clown Rally","author":"Rick Young","date":"November 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I've never seen so many big red noses. Or people stepping on each other's feet. The air smells of face paint and rubber hoses. 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