{"id":62,"date":"2013-11-14T17:36:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T22:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2013-11-14T17:45:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T22:45:09","slug":"meteor-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"Meteor Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Godzilla\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Showering stars are descending.
\nEach crater creates a new park.
\nIt\u2019s Meteor Town never ending.
\nA literal scream after dark.
\nO where are you now, Stephen Hawking?
\nThe bodies are outlined in chalking.
\nWho\u2019d guess that a rock
\nBig as this one could fly?
\nThe townsfolk look up
\nAnd get ready to die.
\nIt\u2019s Meteor Town and its sad destiny.
\nA target for mountains of flying debris.
\nThe chamber of commerce
\nAppeals to the nation:
\n\u201cCome visit us,
\nMake suicide a vacation.\u201d
\nIts Meteor Town
\nWhere the theme song is \u201cTaps.\u201d
\nIt\u2019s marked not with \u201cX,\u201d
\nBut a hole in most maps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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