{"id":71,"date":"2012-08-08T12:38:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T12:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=71"},"modified":"2014-08-08T12:39:52","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T12:39:52","slug":"pretty-ribbons-of-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/pretty-ribbons-of-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Ribbons of Red"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>World AIDS Day is something that should not be just for a day&#8230;<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>Pretty ribbons of red, lofty words said<br \/>\nAnd folk all think themselves good<br \/>\nNow has changed the rule, for one day it is cool<br \/>\nAcceptable to be HIV, like it should.<\/p>\n<p>Like it should be every day, there is no other way<br \/>\nTo be HIV is not a crime.<br \/>\nIf Jesus was here now, he\u2019d cure them as He knew how<br \/>\nThey are the lepers of our time.<\/p>\n<p>Its not just the gays, there are many ways<br \/>\nThat people are unfortunate to be infected<br \/>\nIts not just the users, needle sharers, drug abusers<br \/>\nAnd all, even they should be respected.<\/p>\n<p>All folk must cry, all folk will die<br \/>\nAll folk are sinners, and sin<br \/>\nIts not them and us, or a one day big fuss<br \/>\nEvery victim is a human within.<\/p>\n<p>Diana, for all folk may think, provided the link<br \/>\nShe touched them, and us, by the hand<br \/>\nIt wasnt much, but thought the world that by touch<br \/>\nYou cant get infected, now we understand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World AIDS Day is something that should not be just for a day&#8230; Pretty ribbons of red, lofty words said And folk all think themselves good Now has changed the rule, for one day it is cool Acceptable to be HIV, like it should. 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