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Broiled friends defy description.<\/div>\n
Nuclear cooking benefits only buzzards.<\/div>\n
There’s a flash in the panhandle,<\/div>\n
and Florida floats out to sea,<\/div>\n
a theme park of ash.<\/div>\n
Those who saw New York go<\/div>\n
will not remember for the pain.<\/div>\n
The west coast was all too easy<\/div>\n
with its many faults.<\/div>\n
Survivors flock to the midlands,<\/div>\n
a dust-covered wastescape<\/div>\n
where the sun is seldom seen<\/div>\n
but the wind is constant.<\/div>\n
Odds are the Australians<\/div>\n
will be the last to die.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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