{"id":1144,"date":"2013-10-19T10:55:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-19T15:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2013-10-19T10:55:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-19T15:55:26","slug":"poem-rascal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/19\/poem-rascal\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Rascal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am a rascal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">Of course, there are many kinds of rascals<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">Of which sort I won&#8217;t tell<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">That&#8217;s part of rascality<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who wholeheartedly embraces and explores their free will, will find a glorious unpredictability that can only be viewed as rascality from certain perspectives.\u00a0 Spending an inordinate amount of time trying to categorize the various types of rascality can be foolhardy as well as an unsatisfying distraction from the sheer enjoyment of rascality.\u00a0 My optimistic take on rascality focuses on its playfully mischievous aspect.\u00a0 This variety of rascality is harmless, except perhaps if taken too seriously, engendering an overreaction.\u00a0 Of course, there is some danger posed by the type of rascal who is simply an unscrupulous scoundrel.\u00a0 Though I suspect that unscrupulous scoundrels have a more distinct predictability.\u00a0 If you can tell the difference between playfulness and conniving, you are probably safe.\u00a0 I trust that it is no mystery which kind of rascal I am&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a rascal Of course, there are many kinds of rascals Of which sort I won&#8217;t tell That&#8217;s part of rascality Anyone who wholeheartedly embraces and explores their free will, will find a glorious unpredictability that can only be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/19\/poem-rascal\/\">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":[9,15],"tags":[338,417,354,351,658,94,53,529,464],"class_list":["post-1144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-free-will","tag-mystery","tag-perspective","tag-playfulness","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-short-poems","tag-time","tag-trust"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: Rascal | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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