{"id":1471,"date":"2014-04-13T05:42:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T10:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2014-04-12T13:43:21","modified_gmt":"2014-04-12T18:43:21","slug":"poem-unsatisfying-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/13\/poem-unsatisfying-kiss\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Unsatisfying Kiss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A philosopher trying to ascertain God&#8217;s existence<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">Is like a man trying to kiss himself<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">And even less satisfying<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This short poem is simply a poetic attempt to get at the chasm of difference between speaking <em>about<\/em> God and actually experiencing God.\u00a0 Because talk of God can be esoteric, even academic, it is even less fruitful than speaking of the many wonderful things of a more palpable nature in God&#8217;s good creation; for instance, food.\u00a0 At least speaking about food more reliably makes one hungry.\u00a0 Speaking about God carries many down unsatisfying paths.\u00a0 I like St. Francis&#8217; pronouncement: preach the gospel [good news] at all times, speaking if necessary.\u00a0 Such a life lived provides a taste of God&#8217;s goodness, and a taste is a so much better tease anyway than a food fight&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A philosopher trying to ascertain God&#8217;s existence Is like a man trying to kiss himself And even less satisfying This short poem is simply a poetic attempt to get at the chasm of difference between speaking about God and actually &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/13\/poem-unsatisfying-kiss\/\">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":[574,428,178,65,359,379,658,94,53],"class_list":["post-1471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-creation","tag-experience","tag-food","tag-god","tag-life","tag-nature","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-short-poems"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: Unsatisfying Kiss | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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