{"id":709,"date":"2016-02-25T16:01:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T21:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=709"},"modified":"2016-02-25T16:01:53","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T21:01:53","slug":"pencil-dust-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=709","title":{"rendered":"Pencil Dust Devil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a whirlwind of lead,<br \/>\nI fled inside my head,<br \/>\nimagined myself dead,<br \/>\nand met the devil.<br \/>\nHis horns were pointy red;<br \/>\n&quot;Your soul is mine,&quot; he said.<br \/>\nI wished I was in bed.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s on the level.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s the pencil dust devil,<br \/>\na voice like Aaron Neville.<br \/>\nHe whips his pointed tail.<br \/>\nI wish I was in jail.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t wanna go to hell.<br \/>\nThis isn&#8217;t show and tell.<br \/>\nI broke my pencil&#8217;s point.<br \/>\nI smoked another joint.<br \/>\nAnd now I&#8217;m drawing God.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s got a lovely bod.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m through with Beelzebub.<br \/>\nMy pencil is a stub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a whirlwind of lead, I fled inside my head, imagined myself dead, and met the devil. His horns were pointy red; &quot;Your soul is mine,&quot; he said. I wished I was in bed. 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