{"id":501,"date":"2014-10-26T01:14:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T05:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=501"},"modified":"2014-10-26T01:14:49","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T05:14:49","slug":"a-mention-of-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"A Mention of Tension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Intervention. It just can’t
\ncompensate for your intention.
\nThe failures great
\nand just too long to mention.
\nI hope that I have garnered
\nyour attention. The probables
\ndefying all retention.
\nThe touching points define
\nthe line’s dimension.
\nAnd fair or foul
\nis only a contention.
\nPrevention is a negative
\ninvention. We need a
\nconstitutional convention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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