{"id":557,"date":"2016-06-01T08:07:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T13:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/?p=557"},"modified":"2016-06-19T21:11:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T02:11:24","slug":"god-indicates-she-is-bankrupt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/?p=557","title":{"rendered":"God indicates She is Bankrupt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While not a poem, this is an essay that I want to share. \u00a0Hopefully, I will have a category set up for this soon:<\/p>\n<style>\n.docxpressoPlugin {\n\tfont-size: 83.35%;\n}\n\n.h5p_layout {\n    box-sizing: content-box !important;\n}\n\n.h5p_layout *{\n    float: none;\n    text-align: initial;\n\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n}\n\/*to make sure that floating elements are always inside the document bounds*\/\n.h5p_layout:after {\n    content: \" \";\n    display: block;\n    height: 0;\n    clear: both;\n    visibility: hidden;\n}\n\/* a default layout for documents without maste styles 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