There is no place left
\nfor an angry vulture.
\nThey’re just not wanted
\nin our current culture.
\nNo one appreciates
\ntheir whole routine of
\nflying in to pick a body clean.
\nThey and their buzzard pals
\nmust eat at night
\nand bitch about how
\nthings now just aren’t right.
\nUnmeating dead men’s bones
\nis not so scary.
\nIt makes them
\nthat much easier to bury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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