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Three molecules were standing in a line,<\/div>\n
in DNA court, asked to pay a fine.<\/div>\n
They’d called some atoms hurtful\u00a0names,<\/div>\n
like ‘micro-dot’ and ‘mini-claims.’<\/div>\n
Outside, atomic crowds insisted<\/div>\n
molecules should be black listed,<\/div>\n
while the molecule supporters<\/div>\n
kept dividing into quarters.<\/div>\n
Soon the crowd was overrunning<\/div>\n
the whole place, the mass was stunning.<\/div>\n
It turned into a solid ball<\/div>\n
and rolled itself into the hall.<\/div>\n
The DNA judge said, aghast,<\/div>\n
“We must adjourn this court, and fast!”<\/div>\n
So, molecules and atoms split,<\/div>\n
another bad forensics skit.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three molecules were standing in a line, in DNA court, asked to pay a fine. They’d called some atoms hurtful\u00a0names, like ‘micro-dot’ and ‘mini-claims.’ Outside, atomic crowds insisted molecules should be black listed, while the molecule supporters kept dividing into quarters. Soon the crowd was overrunning the whole place, the mass was stunning. It turned […]<\/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-2606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":503,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=503","url_meta":{"origin":2606,"position":0},"title":"Biohazard","author":"Rick Young","date":"October 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The long legs of the law of physics unravel like a chemical cuff. 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