{"id":513,"date":"2015-01-03T00:12:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T05:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2015-01-03T00:12:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T05:12:14","slug":"majority-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=513","title":{"rendered":"Majority Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some things in life aren’t too pretty:
\nacid trips in Kansas City;
\nmotorcades in downtown Dallas;
\nracks and shackles in the palace;
\nfast foods made with rats and roaches;
\nlittle league abusive coaches;
\nbible thumpers and their fandom;
\ndrones that seem to kill at random;
\nmortars, missiles, bombs and rockets;
\ntortured limbs pulled out of sockets;
\nmonsters, misers, cheaters, beaters;
\ngrimy thugs with gats and heaters.
\nSome things in life aren’t too fair:
\nmany people just don’t care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some things in life aren’t too pretty: acid trips in Kansas City; motorcades in downtown Dallas; racks and shackles in the palace; fast foods made with rats and roaches; little league abusive coaches; bible thumpers … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":548,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=548","url_meta":{"origin":513,"position":0},"title":"Angry Vulture","author":"Rick Young","date":"January 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"There is no place left for an angry vulture. They're just not wanted in our current culture. 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