{"id":572,"date":"2015-02-18T13:33:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T18:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=572"},"modified":"2015-02-18T13:33:53","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T18:33:53","slug":"from-the-gospel-of-the-damned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=572","title":{"rendered":"From The Gospel of the Damned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bald naked umbrage teeming, garbage fueled, jargon-strewn<br \/>\nhalf life, led in stages of decay and marked from birth,<br \/>\nlined into corners by sidelong glances and fancy passes<br \/>\ndisguised as droplets of glory, emerge to a timeless dawn<br \/>\nof forsaken moments, backward thinking, vine-swinging<br \/>\nretribution, penned by non-existent demons made starlike<br \/>\nby this chorus of wails.<br \/>\nFilch this never-ending youth, planet of hipsters in a cloud.<br \/>\nThe cry abounds. Grandfather dirt, mother of oceans,<br \/>\nbeguile us with mundane unearthly wisdom, the truths<br \/>\nof startling winter even heaven cannot know. Take hold<br \/>\nthe light&#8217;s dominion like some stellar dance path&#8217;s magic.<br \/>\nEviscerate the crown volcanic, tragedy&#8217;s room mate,<br \/>\nyesterday&#8217;s bill of lading for the host of fine rememberings.<br \/>\nNothing is sacred that cannot fly.<br \/>\nTo the end we twirl, shameless in this pivot of doom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bald naked umbrage teeming, garbage fueled, jargon-strewn half life, led in stages of decay and marked from birth, lined into corners by sidelong glances and fancy passes disguised as droplets of glory, emerge to a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=572\">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-572","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":674,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=674","url_meta":{"origin":572,"position":0},"title":"By the By","author":"Rick Young","date":"January 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Beyond the beyond is an everlasting pond. 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