{"id":2685,"date":"2022-06-02T20:26:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T00:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2685"},"modified":"2022-06-02T20:26:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T00:26:43","slug":"slaughterhouse-fifty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2685","title":{"rendered":"Slaughterhouse Fifty"},"content":{"rendered":"
Uvalde’s just the tip of the iceberg,<\/div>\n
as people out in Tulsa found today.<\/div>\n
Until we slow the sale of AR-15’s,<\/div>\n
mass shootings in our land won’t go away.<\/div>\n
The military instruments of killing<\/div>\n
should not be so available to all.<\/div>\n
And politicians in gun lobbies pockets<\/div>\n
must be voted out starting this fall.<\/div>\n
Guns adapted to kill hundreds quickly<\/div>\n
have no purpose outside declared war.<\/div>\n
Why they’re sold without qualm to the public<\/div>\n
disavows all thought of what they’re for.<\/div>\n
Keep your hunting rifles and your hand guns.<\/div>\n
No one needs a clip or magazine<\/div>\n
capable of massive execution<\/div>\n
unless mortal destruction’s their scene.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uvalde’s just the tip of the iceberg, as people out in Tulsa found today. Until we slow the sale of AR-15’s, mass shootings in our land won’t go away. The military instruments of killing should not be so available to all. And politicians in gun lobbies pockets must be voted out starting this fall. Guns […]<\/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-2685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2075,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2075","url_meta":{"origin":2685,"position":0},"title":"Boys…","author":"Rick Young","date":"October 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Take Your Guns to Town. Do not put them down. 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