{"id":1877,"date":"2015-09-04T16:02:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T21:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2015-09-04T16:02:24","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T21:02:24","slug":"poem-existential-realty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/04\/poem-existential-realty\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Existential Realty"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can say “No”<\/strong>
\nYou can say “Yes”<\/strong>
\nIf one can say “No”<\/strong>
\nTwo can say “No”<\/strong>
\nIf two can say “No”<\/strong>
\nThree can say “No”<\/strong>
\nIf one can say “Yes”<\/strong>
\nTwo can say “Yes”<\/strong>
\nIf two can say “Yes”<\/strong>
\nThree can say “Yes”<\/strong>
\nIf no else say’s “No”<\/strong>
\nYou can still say “No”<\/strong>
\nIf no else say’s “Yes”<\/strong>
\nYou can still say “Yes”<\/strong>
\nYou can<\/strong>
\nStill<\/strong><\/p>\n

This straightforward poem asserts the simple existential human reality that we have choice.\u00a0 It implies also that there is additional ease if others align with the same choice.\u00a0 Still, choice is available for one’s soul discretion.\u00a0 We can shape the manifestation of our soul in the world by choosing that in which we say “yes” that in which we say “no.”\u00a0 The nature of choice affirms both possibility and value in that which we choose, over infinite other possibilities.\u00a0 \"WHAT<\/a>What you choose to do (or not do) matters!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can say “No” You can say “Yes” If one can say “No” Two can say “No” If two can say “No” Three can say “No” If one can say “Yes” Two can say “Yes” If two can say “Yes” … Continue reading →<\/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":[336,411,379,658,94,17,424,601,531],"class_list":["post-1877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-choices","tag-existential","tag-nature","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-political","tag-possibility","tag-reality","tag-soul"],"yoast_head":"\nPOEM: Existential Realty | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"POEM: Existential Realty, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Choices, Existential, Nature, Poems, Poetry, Political, Possibility, Reality, Soul Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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