{"id":3076,"date":"2018-10-30T18:55:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T23:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2018-10-30T18:55:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T23:55:33","slug":"tears-for-lives-and-an-ideal-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/2018\/10\/30\/tears-for-lives-and-an-ideal-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"Tears for lives and an ideal lost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Unknown-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/75744794@N03\/43822671290\/in\/datetaken-friend\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1924\/43822671290_fed933042a_k.jpg\" alt=\"Unknown-1\" width=\"351\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mindlessly meandering down Dodge<\/p>\n<p>Tears flowing like blood oozing from an arterial wound<\/p>\n<p>Lies and lunatics, spiraling out of control<\/p>\n<p>And all decency unmoored, with no captain at the moral helm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Red light gushing blood of victims<\/p>\n<p>My blood, any blood<\/p>\n<p>Jackhammers banging like gunblasts<\/p>\n<p>And all responsibility ignored, \u201cit\u2019s a guy with a gun\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Head hanging on the wheel<\/p>\n<p>Stifling sobs and choking<\/p>\n<p>11 elderly Jews, 2 African Americans, a pipe-bomb dream of drowned diversity<\/p>\n<p>And only \u201cWhat you see is what you get\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Car dealerships, banks, fast food restaurants<\/p>\n<p>With flags moping at half mast<\/p>\n<p>I grieve for those murdered<\/p>\n<p>And I mourn for the once-moral nation that no longer is that beacon on the hill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mindlessly meandering down Dodge Tears flowing like blood oozing from an arterial wound Lies and lunatics, spiraling out of control And all decency unmoored, with no captain at the moral helm &nbsp; Red light gushing blood of victims My blood, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/2018\/10\/30\/tears-for-lives-and-an-ideal-lost\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[912,685,1478,1337],"class_list":["post-3076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-america","tag-anti-semitism","tag-hatred","tag-racism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}