{"id":98,"date":"2013-11-16T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=98"},"modified":"2013-11-16T11:36:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T16:36:02","slug":"tao-of-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=98","title":{"rendered":"Tao of Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tap our phones and cramp our styles.<br \/>\nLock us up without fair trials.<br \/>\nCheck our luggage for nail files.<br \/>\nWe will not be cowed.<br \/>\nKeep tabs on library books.<br \/>\nCategorize us by looks.<br \/>\nSometimes kings can fall to rooks.<br \/>\nFreedom is our shroud.<br \/>\nChange the laws and steal the land.<br \/>\nWe still have the upper hand.<br \/>\nNinety nine united stand.<br \/>\nThough mountains are plowed.<br \/>\nWe the people shall prevail.<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t put us all in jail.<br \/>\nOur life blood is not for sale.<br \/>\nStuff you, mushroom cloud.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Phone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99\" alt=\"Phone\" src=\"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Phone.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Phone.jpg 900w, https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Phone-523x800.jpg 523w, https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Phone-837x1280.jpg 837w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tap our phones and cramp our styles. Lock us up without fair trials. Check our luggage for nail files. We will not be cowed. Keep tabs on library books. Categorize us by looks. Sometimes kings can fall to rooks. Freedom is our shroud. Change the laws and steal the land. We still have the upper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":81,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=81","url_meta":{"origin":98,"position":0},"title":"Mate","author":"Rick Young","date":"November 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"My love for the Queen is out of check. 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