{"id":1124,"date":"2013-10-11T12:04:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T17:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2013-10-11T12:06:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T17:06:06","slug":"poem-sinking-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/11\/poem-sinking-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Sinking Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When a ship is sinking<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">It may be wiser to follow the rats<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">Rather than the humans<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">That is, if you can tell the difference<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This Titanic poem juxtaposes the zeniths and abysses of humans, created only a little less than angels, and rats, a generally unappreciated part of the human experience.\u00a0 This poem sets up a contrast of the ingenuousness of Western civilization and the oft underappreciated wisdom in nature.\u00a0 Amidst the myriad of human-created crises, looking to nature for wisdom can cut through a lot of foolishness.\u00a0 Rats are less complicated creatures than humans, not as prone to confused and conflicted decision-making.\u00a0 This simplicity can be lifesaving in life threatening situations.\u00a0 Of course, when humans are at their lows they are less reliable guides for behavior than rats and exceedingly more dangerous.\u00a0 Calling a human a rat is considered derogatory, but in some situations rats exceed human performance.\u00a0 Maybe we should cut rats some slack.\u00a0 Similarly, in our foolish scurryings about, perhaps we should refrain from the term &#8220;rat race,&#8221; as this also may be unfair to rats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a ship is sinking It may be wiser to follow the rats Rather than the humans That is, if you can tell the difference This Titanic poem juxtaposes the zeniths and abysses of humans, created only a little less &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/11\/poem-sinking-ship\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,15],"tags":[459,428,460,359,379,658,94,284,53,237,683,85,389],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny-poems","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-crises","tag-experience","tag-foolish","tag-life","tag-nature","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-rat-race","tag-short-poems","tag-simplicity","tag-titanic","tag-western-civilization","tag-wisdom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: Sinking Ship | Funny Poems, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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