{"id":899,"date":"2017-05-16T03:23:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T07:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=899"},"modified":"2017-05-16T03:23:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T07:23:39","slug":"brittle-red-siding-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=899","title":{"rendered":"Brittle Red-Siding Hood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He was caught in bed with spies,<br \/>\ncovered head to toe in lies.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;d revealed some secret codes,<br \/>\nand, as drastic as that bodes,<br \/>\nthere were rumors he&#8217;d done worse,<br \/>\nblister on the universe.<br \/>\nYet his people found him funny,<br \/>\neven as he took their money.<br \/>\nLike an addict to his power,<br \/>\nhe grew bolder by the hour,<br \/>\nmet his critics with derision,<br \/>\nand his skewed malignant vision<br \/>\nput his populace in danger.<br \/>\nHe was clearly a Lone Ranger.<br \/>\nWith the one-percent his Tonto,<br \/>\nhe was getting richer, pronto.<br \/>\nThere would clearly come a day<br \/>\nhe&#8217;d hi-ho Silver away.<br \/>\nThen a small group did get wise<br \/>\nand this posse gained in size.<br \/>\nWhen these rebels of fake news<br \/>\nfinally verified his ruse,<br \/>\nthey said, &quot;It&#8217;s not O.K., pal,&quot;<br \/>\nand surrounded his corral.<br \/>\nHe was dragged off, spitting bile,<br \/>\nput in custody for trial.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;d played his country fast and loose<br \/>\nand now awaits impeachment&#8217;s noose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was caught in bed with spies, covered head to toe in lies. He&#8217;d revealed some secret codes, and, as drastic as that bodes, there were rumors he&#8217;d done worse, blister on the universe. Yet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=899\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1044,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1044","url_meta":{"origin":899,"position":0},"title":"Bob the Nabob","author":"Rick Young","date":"December 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Bob was Bobby 'til he learned of palindromes. For his living spaces, he sought motor homes. 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