{"id":599,"date":"2015-06-24T00:11:42","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T04:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=599"},"modified":"2015-06-24T00:11:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T04:11:42","slug":"idaho-to-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=599","title":{"rendered":"Idaho to Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like baked potatoes,
\nand lettuce and tomatoes.
\nBut I don’t like tornadoes,
\nunless they go to Oz.
\nThose munchkins are delicious,
\nand flying monkeys vicious,
\nthe wicked witch pernicious.
\nShe’s got that ugly schnoz.
\nIn Kansas there are sisters
\nwho pray for coming twisters.
\nTheir god is like a wizard
\nbehind his golden veils.
\nThey all wear ruby slippers.
\nTheir hymns are like woodchippers.
\nThe words are all "I’m melting!"
\nThere’s holy water pails.
\nReligion’s like a water spout,
\ntends to scare the most devout.
\nBetter worship baked potatoes,
\nin the skin or out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I like baked potatoes, and lettuce and tomatoes. But I don’t like tornadoes, unless they go to Oz. Those munchkins are delicious, and flying monkeys vicious, the wicked witch pernicious. 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