{"id":724,"date":"2016-03-25T11:01:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T15:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=724"},"modified":"2016-03-25T11:01:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T15:01:50","slug":"inca-stains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=724","title":{"rendered":"Inca Stains"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have killed magnificent people
\nand mounted their heads on walls.
\nWe have extinguished entire species
\nand dropped monster bombs on enemies.
\nWe have kept the serfs under control,
\nbut they are restless and grumbling.
\nWe have drugged and raped our planet.
\nWe have made icons of warriors
\nand martyrs of men of peace.
\nThese stains are the prison tattoos
\nof our body politic, the most dangerous
\ngang in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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