{"id":926,"date":"2017-07-11T01:38:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T05:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=926"},"modified":"2017-07-11T01:38:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T05:38:09","slug":"run-for-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=926","title":{"rendered":"Run for the Border"},"content":{"rendered":"

Herein there is a wonderful honor,
\nexpressed in feedback, son.
\nThe hearing impaired will all be spared,
\nand the rest will be undone.
\nIt’s a harvesting of silence,
\na blank slate of the ear.
\nThe pages of the prayerbook
\nhave been torn out in fear.
\nThe documents on fire
\nconspire to explode.
\nI hear you not.
\nI fear you not.
\nThis guitar is my road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Herein there is a wonderful honor, expressed in feedback, son. The hearing impaired will all be spared, and the rest will be undone. It’s a harvesting of silence, a blank slate of the ear. The … 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-926","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":532,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=532","url_meta":{"origin":926,"position":0},"title":"Assassin Nation II","author":"Rick Young","date":"January 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It's no good cooking meat now, when the universe is fasting. Surrounded by a tripwire, either way there's blasting. 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